Five online courses to understand the world better.
Lifelong learning is not just a useful expression but is also an interesting one. Here is a collection of different online courses that will help you understand how the world around us works.
1.Economics for everyone
Ukrainian platform Prometheus provides a course on economics “Economics for everyone” by Alexey Gerashchenko, a teacher at Kyiv Mohyla Business School. In this course you will learn what credits and deposits are, how taxes are formed and what GDS consists of.
www.entrepreneurstank.com
Course duration:5 weeks
Start date:September 14
2. “Food science”
Biology, chemistry, physics and human anatomy are combined in these lectures. Authors of this course promise to tell about operation of our digestive system, to state the amount of energy that different products “transfer” to our body, and also to give some advice about healthy diet. This course will be appreciated by those who want to understand what we eat and how food affects our body.
www.whitezebra.com
Course duration:4 weeks
Start date:September 21
3. “How world works”
This is a course on physics in our everyday life. According to the author of the course, professor of University of Virginia Louis Bloomfield, its aim is to show that physics can become useful applied knowledge and explain how the world around us works. For example, the notion of friction force is explained through the example of wheel operation, and the notion of angular speed is explained with the help of swings. This course consists of 11 lecture hours about different physical phenomena. All lectures are available on web site, so you can decide on your lessons schedule at once.
www.skyblue-pink.com
Course duration:11 hours
4. “Start of robotization”
Almost every day we face news how robots appear in different spheres of our life. The idea of nurse robot or hotel robot manager is just incredible! If you want to know how these technologies appear then this course is for you. The authors promise a really dynamic course with lots of examples, experiments, videos, animation and presentations of university experience. You will acquire basic knowledge of design concepts and history of robot creation dated 13th century. No special engineer knowledge is required.
www.depositphotos.com
Course duration:4 weeks
Start date:September 21
5. Dogs’ emotions and perception
The world around us is not just what happens outside. It’s also what happens near you. This course will tell you about our pet’s thoughts. The course deals with emotions that dogs have, their perception of world and the patterns of their behaviour. You will learn how dogs analyse a situation and also how to build relationships with your pet.
www.bowwowtimes.com
Course duration:10-15 hours.
