Courses - August 2025
Aug. 30th, 2025 05:54 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
smallhobbitFutureLearn
Italian for Beginners - Part 6 (Open University)
The last part of the course. Again, I was pleased with how much was going in. And hopefully, if I do get to Italy, revision will bring it back to the surface again.
OpenLearn
Discovering Music: The Blues
The Blues isn't one of the genre of music which particularly appeals to me, but looking at the historical side was interesting. And, like all musical styles, it has had an influence on contemporary music.
Blood and the Respiratory System
More of a challenge, in that this was an Intermediary Level science course, but generally I could follow what it was saying. And I find learning how the body is put together always interesting, and relevant.
The Search for Water on Mars
I didn't enjoy this as much as I have some of the other astronomy courses. I'm not sure why, maybe it was because the subject was too narrow for me to find it particularly interesting.
Music and its Media
The course covered the different ways music has been recorded and passed on, from manuscript form, through printing and onto discs (records). A significant amount of the course looks at the recipients of the media.
Intermediate Italian - Describing People
Definitely above my level, although I did understand some of what was covered. However, the ability to describe people, not only physically but their nature is not one that I would find relevant.
Italian for Beginners - Part 6 (Open University)
The last part of the course. Again, I was pleased with how much was going in. And hopefully, if I do get to Italy, revision will bring it back to the surface again.
OpenLearn
Discovering Music: The Blues
The Blues isn't one of the genre of music which particularly appeals to me, but looking at the historical side was interesting. And, like all musical styles, it has had an influence on contemporary music.
Blood and the Respiratory System
More of a challenge, in that this was an Intermediary Level science course, but generally I could follow what it was saying. And I find learning how the body is put together always interesting, and relevant.
The Search for Water on Mars
I didn't enjoy this as much as I have some of the other astronomy courses. I'm not sure why, maybe it was because the subject was too narrow for me to find it particularly interesting.
Music and its Media
The course covered the different ways music has been recorded and passed on, from manuscript form, through printing and onto discs (records). A significant amount of the course looks at the recipients of the media.
Intermediate Italian - Describing People
Definitely above my level, although I did understand some of what was covered. However, the ability to describe people, not only physically but their nature is not one that I would find relevant.
