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== The Great Courses == | == The Great Courses == | ||
There are a bunch of online course websites, some with AppleTV or Roku apps, portending to offer college-level classes. Of those, The Great Courses seems to be the best, and I think (I haven't confirmed this) it's because they were publishing DVDs for years before web-teaching was really a thing. Some of their classes are quite expensive, but fortunately my library ([https://www.cincinnatilibrary.org/ the Cincinnati Public Library]) offers both DVDs of many of their courses, but has a partnership with [https://cincinnatilibrary.kanopy.com Kanopy] which allows me to watch a select few titles each month. '''Check out the full course-by-course reviews [[ | There are a bunch of online course websites, some with AppleTV or Roku apps, portending to offer college-level classes. Of those, The Great Courses seems to be the best, and I think (I haven't confirmed this) it's because they were publishing DVDs for years before web-teaching was really a thing. Some of their classes are quite expensive, but fortunately my library ([https://www.cincinnatilibrary.org/ the Cincinnati Public Library]) offers both DVDs of many of their courses, but has a partnership with [https://cincinnatilibrary.kanopy.com Kanopy] which allows me to watch a select few titles each month. '''Check out the full course-by-course reviews [[The Great Courses|here]].'''<br/> | ||
== Coursera == | == Coursera == | ||
== Udemy == | == Udemy == | ||
Revision as of 10:32, 20 March 2019
I'm just getting into astronomy, having had some interest since I was a kid, and as I join club and sign up for courses and watch shows or movies, I'll try to capture my thoughts here for folks that might follow behind in case they're useful. I'll be playing with the organization a bit to try to find the best configuration.
CommuniVersity
CommuniVersity at the Unviversity of Cincinnati offers a few classes, hosted and taught by the folks from the Cincinnati Observatory. They cover the history of the Observatory and basic stargazing. As of March 2019 they cost $35 each, and generally interesting, but pretty basic. Check out the full class-by-class reviews here.
The Great Courses
There are a bunch of online course websites, some with AppleTV or Roku apps, portending to offer college-level classes. Of those, The Great Courses seems to be the best, and I think (I haven't confirmed this) it's because they were publishing DVDs for years before web-teaching was really a thing. Some of their classes are quite expensive, but fortunately my library (the Cincinnati Public Library) offers both DVDs of many of their courses, but has a partnership with Kanopy which allows me to watch a select few titles each month. Check out the full course-by-course reviews here.