Hello fellow Zazzlers and friends!
Have you heard about iversity courses? These are top courses (MOOCs) by respected professors and renowned universities. They are accessible for everybody. Some are in English language, some in German language. Take Great Courses! The only thing you need: an internet connection!
I enrolled Design 101(or Design Basics). For creative pepole this course might be interesting. It will start October 28th. All you need is the will to do it and an internet connection. It's FREE!
Or maybe you're not much of a Design fan. Never mind that. Here's the complete iversity courses list. Take a look and pick your favorite. Green courses are starting soon, before 2013 ending. To enroll, just click on the link. You'll be helping me too!
ARCHITECTURE - Click to enroll
Prof. Dr.
Ivan Shumkov
How can
Architecture improve the life of people and our society? What can you do to
make our buildings, cities and environment better? Take this journey through
contemporary architecture and learn how to see, imagine and build a better
world.
14 OCTOBER 2013 ENGLISH
PHYSICS - Click to enroll
Prof. Paolo
Salucci
There is
something out there in space, something invisible we have a hard time to
understand. But we can be certain of one thing: It played a major role in the
formation of our and any other galaxy!
15 OCTOBER 2013 ENGLISH
MEDIA
STUDIES - Click to enroll
Prof.
Winfried Gerling, Prof. Constanze Langer, MA Christina Maria Schollerer, and
Julian van Dieken
Are you
interested in the mechanics of current fiction formats? Do you want to know how
stories are told? Do you want to analyze, understand, contextualize and create
stories and narratives? Then join our MOOC and share our passion for
storytelling!
25 OCTOBER 2013 ENGLISH
PHILOSOPHY - Click to enroll
Prof. Dr.
Furio Cerutti
Are you
interested in politics? Do you feel the need to have a clearer understanding of
it, beyond the conventional language of media and social networks? Well, this
course might provide the help and the stimulus you are looking for.
27 OCTOBER 2013 ENGLISH
ART STUDIES - Click to enroll
Stefano
Mirti, Anne-Sophie Gauvin, Prof. Giovanni Pasca Raymondi, and Dott. Lucia
Giuliano
Design your
own world. Are you ready? This MOOC is a journey into contemporary design
through 101 exercises. Learn by doing and transform your everyday life into 101
projects.
28 OCTOBER 2013 ENGLISH
POLITICAL
SCIENCES
Prof. Dr.
Anja Mihr
Wild, wild
web: Is the Internet a lawless no man’s land? Based on the recent public debate
on data protection and massive privacy infringements, this course will explore
the connection between cyber security and human rights.
DECEMBER 2013
ENGLISH
ECONOMICS - Click to enroll
Prof. Dr.
Alberto Suárez
Non-bankers
can learn to understand the mathematical models that have made the headlines so
many times in recent years. A course for students of economics, business
studies, mathematics, physics and computer science.
JANUARY 2014
ENGLISH
BIOLOGY - Click to enroll
Dr. rer.
nat. habil. Susanne Illenberger and Prof. DPhil. Sebastian Springer
This course
takes students onto a journey from DNA molecules that feature prominently crime
series such as CSI, to genetically modified foods and cancer therapy. Curiosity
and high school biology are prerequisites for this course.
APRIL 2014
ENGLISH
ENGINEERING - Click to enroll
Univ.-Prof.
Dr.-Ing. Martin Meywerk
From
Bugatti Veyron to Volkswagen Beetle, from racing to passenger car: Learn here
how they speed-up and slow-down!
SPRING 2014
ENGLISH
CHEMISTRY - Click to enroll
Dr. Frank
Hoffmann, Dipl.-Chem. Michael Sartor, and Prof. Dr. Michael Fröba
Rubies,
sugar, snowflakes: crystals are beauty, arranged in grid structures. This MOOC
explains the basic building blocks of crystals, their symmetrical structure and
introduces free software for crystal structure exploring.
SPRING 2014
ENGLISH
INTERDISCIPLINARY - Click to enroll
Romy
Kraemer, Florian Hoffmann, Katherin Kirschenmann, Dr. Mei Wang, and Rouven
Steinfeld
Have a plan
for changing the world? It’s time to learn how to DO it!
SPRING 2014
ENGLISH
LAW - Click to enroll
Prof. Dr.
Christoph Herrmann, Prof. Dr. Jan Wouters, Prof. Dr. Anna Triandafyllidou,
Prof. Marise Cremona, and Dr. Joris Larik
The EU is a
heavyweight in international trade and a political actor of global rank. It has
its own diplomatic servive and its own military capabilities. This MOOC
explains the legal framework of the EU and its role in the multipolar world
order.
SPRING 2014
ENGLISH
ENGINEERING - Click to enroll
Univ.-Prof.
Dr.-Ing. Martin Meywerk
From
Bugatti Veyron to Volkswagen Beetle, from racing to passenger car: Learn how
they corner and drift, under- and over-steer!
SPRING 2014
ENGLISH
ENGINEERING
Univ.-Prof.
Dr.-Ing. Martin Meywerk
From
Bugatti Veyron to Volkswagen Beetle, from racing to passenger car: Learn how
they behave on a country road and on the autobahn!
FALL 2014
ENGLISH
COMPUTER
SCIENCE - Click to enroll
Prof. Dr.
Klaus Quibeldey-Cirkel, Christoph Thelen, Paul-Christian Volkmer, Andreas
Gärtner, and Daniel Gerhardt
Lernen Sie
die Technologien, aus denen das Web besteht, und designen und entwickeln Sie
Ihre eigene Webpräsenz. Von der Chronik des Internets über die Grundlagen des
Webs und des Screendesigns bis hin zum Tuning der Website.
14 OCTOBER 2013 GERMAN
ECONOMICS - Click to enroll
Prof. Dr.
Marc Oliver Opresnik, Andreas Wittke, Stefanie Herbst, Thomas Muschal, and
Gregor Huber
Dieser Kurs
vermittelt die Grundzüge des Marketing und gibt einen Überblick hinsichtlich
der entsprechenden Konzepte, Strategien und Werkzeuge. Im Zentrum des Kurses
stehen vier Themenbereiche: Produkt-, Kommunikations-, Preis- und
Distributionspolitik.
14 OCTOBER 2013 GERMAN
ECONOMICS - Click to enroll
Prof. Frank
Piller and Michael Engel
Was sind
die Bausteine erfolgreicher Unternehmen? Warum gibt es überhaupt Unternehmen?
Und was sind die Prinzipien eines guten Managers?
15 OCTOBER 2013 GERMAN
MATHEMATICS - Click to enroll
Prof. Dr.
Christian Spannagel, Dr. Michael Gieding, Lutz Berger, and Dr. phil. habil.
Martin Lindner
Methodisch
ausgefeilter Doppel-MOOC mit Geometrie und Arithmetik. Du möchtest mathematisch
denken lernen? Sei Kiebitz, Anpacker oder Formalisierer: Du hast die Wahl!
15 OCTOBER 2013 GERMAN
INTERDISCIPLINARY- Click to enroll
Prof. Dr.
Christoph Corves and Dr. Linda Kleemann
How to
Change the World? Im Changemaker MOOC lernst du, wie Du aus einer Idee ein
Projekt zur Lösung einer gesellschaftlichen Herausforderung machst. Plane Dein
eigenes Changeprojekt. Be the Change You Want to See!
28 OCTOBER 2013 GERMAN
STATISTICS
& DATA ANALYSIS - Click to enroll
Dr. Malte
Persike
Ist es
sinnvoll, auf einen Lottogewinn zu hoffen? Wie wahrscheinlich ist es, dass ich
diese Woche vom Blitz getroffen werde? Wer wissen will, wie man bei solchen
Fragen zu fundierten Antworten kommt, ist in diesem MOOC genau richtig
JANUARY 2014
GERMAN
COMPUTER
SCIENCE - Click to enroll
Prof. Dr.
Klaus Quibeldey-Cirkel, Christoph Thelen, Paul-Christian Volkmer, Andreas
Gärtner, and Daniel Gerhardt
Lernen Sie,
eine mobile Web-App zu designen und entwickeln. Vielleicht sogar ein
Echtzeit-Multiplayer-Spiel? Wir zeigen Ihnen den Weg, wie Sie Ihre Idee in den
App Store bringen.
JANUARY 2014
GERMAN
COMPUTER
SCIENCE - Click to enroll
Prof. Dr.
Oliver Vornberger, Nils Haldenwang, and Nicolas Neubauer
Wie
entwickle ich Software? Algorithmen auf Basis von Java zum Suchen und Sortieren
werden vorgestellt und die dazu benötigten Datenstrukturen eingeführt.
Erfolgreiche Absolventen können 6 ECTS-Credits erwerben.
SPRING 2014
GERMAN
MEDICINE - Click to enroll
PD Dr. med.
Bernhard Hirt
Interaktiver
MOOC mit Operationsvideos der Universität Tübingen. Chirurgen aller
Fachrichtungen und Anatomen erklären das zentrale Fach der Medizin im
chirurgisch-operativen Kontext.
SPRING 2014
GERMAN
AGRICULTURAL
STUDIES - Click to enroll
Prof. Dr.
Ralf Schlauderer, Dr. Aram Aristakesyan, Prof. Dr. Johannes Holzner, Christian
Schuh, Annette Schmid, Helene Klaus, Thomas Dengler, and Christian Schindler
Landwirtschaft
ist heute Management. Um wirtschaftlich entscheiden zu können, brauchen
Agraringenieure und Landwirte ausgeprägtes Fachwissen. Das vermittelt der Kurs
anhand realer, aktueller Betriebsbeispiele. Auf Deutsch und Russisch.
SPRING 2014
GERMAN
