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| Name | Not a scientist? Become one in four months with MIT 7.00x MOOC: "The Secret of Life" |
| Video Uploader | Video From Catherine Coste |
| Upload Date | This Video Uploaded At 07-01-2014 15:57:03 |
| Video Discription | EdX Courses are "designed to be interesting, fun and rigorous. They are the best courses, from the best professors and the best schools, spanning dozens of subjects. Some edX courses now offer ID verified Certificates of Achievement. A new way to demonstrate your achievement and showcase your knowledge." Looking back at that 7.00x session "Intro to Biology: The Secret of Life" I had completed by end December 2013, I can tell you that that part: "Courses are designed to be interesting, fun and rigorous" is 100% accurate. What struck me most as a teacher is the coherent pedagogical progression. Without knowing my stuff in science, I was always able to understand where the whole thing was going. Incoherent pedagogical progression is responsible for lengthy and painful learning curves. Here, it's seamless learning as you just get sucked in. Honestly: the amazing pedagogy did the best part to win myself a MIT certificate in genomics. Yes, I went through all this impressive, cutting-edge scientific stuff with no scientific background -- having always steered clear of mathematics and sciences at school. Given my enthusiasm for the science of the human genome -- a revolution that is happening right under our feet -- I felt I deserved a second chance to help me get my dream job. Thanks to EdX and serious work from my own end -- my family, professional and private life got totally disrupted during this course -- I finally got this second chance I had been yearning for. I am the proof this MIT MOOC course totally met the challenge: they claim they are open to all and that everybody gets a chance to learn in biology and earn a MIT certificate. I have achieved a total score of 76% with no prior knowledge in molecular biology, genetics, or biochemistry. For the first time ever I heard about "hydrogen bonds" or "aromatic rings"! Curing cancer and other diseases means we will need to target gene mutations, not organs. So yes, this is happening right under our feet. So YES, you need to discover "the secret of life"! Big thanks to 7.00x pedagogical dream team. vXWojXltcTs |
| Category | Science & Technology |
| Tags | Massachusetts Institute Of Technology (College/University) | EdX | Massive Open Online Course | Human Genome Project (Event) | Human Genome (Genome) | Genomics (Technology Class) | Molecular Biology (Organization Sector) | Biochemistry (Field Of Study) |
