Leicester_H Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 Hi I know a number of people signed up to this course a while ago I recently did my first on-line course on Richard III and was impressed with it. I know its week 2 now and I've only completed week one but this chicken course is less impressive (to me) - seems to be 'just' a series of short video clips. How are people getting on ? What do you think of it ? H Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullethunter Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 I've done weeks one and two and reserve judgement so far.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 I've picked at a couple of sessions on each week as I haven't the time to watch it all, and it's a bit simplistic; not what I had expected from the write-up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 Not overly impressed so far, and waddaya know, you have to pay for the certificate, which I suspect will not be worth the paper it is printed on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 I spotted that too I think the course is more for beginners, although - so far - there's more theory about behaviour, which IS what the course is about, and less practical chicken keeping information. The odd bots I have seen haven't added to my knowledge, and I find the talking head format doesn't keep my attention. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullethunter Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 DEFINITELY won't be paying for a cerificate. Not sure what the point of having one would be anyway! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KateH Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 It is nowhere near as good as the other courses I have done with Coursera. The sections are too short and bitty and the format is not exactly stimulating. On other courses there is usually someone talking in a smaller screen (or off screen completely) and they present slides which is far more interesting and easier (for me anyway) to learn from. The last week on chicken behaviours would have been an ideal time to actually introduce pictures or short clips of the behaviours to illustrate the points they are making.......I'll persevere with it but am not too impressed. BTW I never buy the certificates - even for courses I'm doing for work. Usually at the end you get a statement of accomplishment from the course with a mark which appears in your profile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
