adrienne
@adrienne
Has anyone here taken any of the free online college courses offered thru MIT, Stanford, Coursera etc? I have an undergraduate degree in Environmental Engineering and spent my professional career in Software Engineering and general business/management. In the coming year I’m going to have a little more free personal time and I’m considering trying one of these courses and curious to hear anyone’s experience. I’ve done lots of continuous learning over the years- reading blogs and books, listening to talks, plus some formal professional training - but all of a sudden I’m yearning for a classroom and more structured curriculum. The only question I have is whether to do computer science (to satisfy my desire to know the difference between on the job learning and what is being taught) or humanities (because I missed out in college).
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BPetes
@bpetes.eth
Did a coursera “positive psychology” course from chapel hill. Loved it. Match your description. I’m mech eng who shifted SW world and continuous learner…but I loved the structure and commitment of taking this as a course at right moment in my life.
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adrienne
@adrienne
Are you familiar with the book Mindset by Carole Dweck and the concept of fixed vs. growth (aka learning) mindsets?
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adrienne
@adrienne
Makes me happy to hear your experience. I took exactly zero pysch courses in school but I went through some formal leadership training at work a decade ago and it was all based on psychology and I loved it. All the replies to my cast are getting me excited to take the next steps.
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