Free mental model class

[augustabound]

Big hat tip to for Miguel posting this on Twitter, it seems right up our alley here.

 

http://www.modelthinker-class.org/

 

https://twitter.com/#!/SimoleonSense

 

Maybe anyone who does sign up for the class can post their thoughts here?  I'm sure I'll have some questions along the way.  ;D

 

 

 

[JEast]

Thanks for the information.  I am familiar with Scott Page's work and currently reading his book on 'Diversity and Complexity (Primers in Complex Systems)'.

 

Cheers

JEast

[augustabound]

'Diversity and Complexity (Primers in Complex Systems)'.

 

 

I'll have to look that up. 

[eclecticvalue]

I signed up for it. Maybe we can use this thread as the official group discussion in order to prepare for quizzes and exams.  :D

[ragnarisapirate]

I signed up for it. Maybe we can use this thread as the official group discussion in order to prepare for quizzes and exams.  :D

 

While you may have said that in jest, it ain't a bad idea...

 

I too signed up, and thank you and Miguel for the links. :)

 

 

[Grenville]

Signed up as well. Could be a very useful class. Thanks for posting!

[S2S]

Thanks for posting!

 

Below is a review of  Coursera (http://www.cs101-class.org/hub.php), the venture behind this and a handful of other online classes. It's basically Stanford's answer to MIT's OpenCourseWare.

 

Review from http://blog.remoteresponder.net/tag/coursera/

 

I am a big fan of so-called Open Educational Resources (OER)  including free on-line video courses. Stanford’s Databases course is the 12th I’ve completed, but only the second in which I did a “deep dive” by reinforcing learning with exercises, quizzes and exams. In general, I use OER video courses as edutainment  as I usually find the extra work too time-consuming: my goal is to broadly understand how the world works, not to build expertise in every subject I study! So, conceptually, I prefer the traditional form of video courses pioneered by MIT’s OpenCourseWare which in contrast with Stanford’s new approach might be called archived courses. Archived courses make the material available without (m)any social tools. So, working through the materials in traditional OER courses usually requires extra self-discipline and commitment (unless you just watch the videos for fun as I often do).

 

Stanford’s OER system, online at coursera.org , builds on the basic idea of OER video courses by adding deadlines, interactive feedback from automatically evaluated work, and some, including the Databases course, offer the ability to earn a “Statement of Accomplishment” for demonstrating basic proficiency. It is precisely these social enhancements that makes Stanford’s initiative so noteworthy. Together these social tools provide a shared experience with a clear set of tasks for a cohort of students working through the course at the same time.

 

The extra interactivity and the focus of deadlines give the Stanford approach to OER a special excitement and sense of goal accomplishment which is absent in archived courses. Even though I prefer the archived courses whose videos can be more entertaining than Stanford’s tutorial-focused approach, I have to admit I was enthralled by the deadlines: they kept me focused. It should be emphasized that Stanford’s courses like the more traditional OER archival courses can be pursued at a pace that suits your time and interest: there’s no imperative to follow the deadlines or earn kudos for accomplishments.

[eclecticvalue]

I signed up for it. Maybe we can use this thread as the official group discussion in order to prepare for quizzes and exams.  :D

 

While you may have said that in jest, it ain't a bad idea...

 

I too signed up, and thank you and Miguel for the links. :)

 

Actually I am serious.

[racemize]

I signed up as well, though I don't imagine I'll do tests (boo tests!)  Maybe  if they are short...

[treasurehunt]

I signed up as well. Thank you, Miguel and Augustabound.

[augustabound]

While searching for a Munger quote, I found this page from an Indian Prof and his University course.

http://www.sanjaybakshi.net/Sanjay_Bakshi/BFBV.html

 

BFBV is an “excuse to teach worldly wisdom” in a multi-disciplinary manner taught to me by one of my teachers - Mr. Charles T. Munger

[netnet]

Sanjay has some very nice lecture notes on the web. Great guy, I've occasionally corresponded with him.  i think he also runs a small fund in India.

 

I've looked at the pdf of his lectures over the years.  They are excellent.  He periodically revises them.  I have not read the latest revisions.  His lectures principally relate to mental models useful for finance. (BTW, guys don't crash his site; it's slow enough already.)

 

Also check out his personal reading list: http://www.sanjaybakshi.net/Sanjay_Bakshi/Books.html

[Green King]

thank you for sharing