Guys, tomorrow we are launching our third course in our educational club.
A bit about our club and its history. At one point, while taking Robert Sapolsky's Introduction to Human Behavioral Biology course, I realized that I wouldn't be able to tackle 25 lectures of 1.5 hours each on my own—there would definitely be reasons to postpone, watch later, etc. So, I conducted an experiment—I suggested to my friends that we go through it together.
The result was really cool, namely:
1. Motivation—we watched it all the way to the end
2. I gained a huge amount of different perspectives on the same information—this actually surprised me the most; it seemed we were watching the same lectures, but we perceive them so differently
3. Great networking and new acquaintances.
Format:
1. Everyone watches the lecture independently
2. Once a week, we call for exactly one hour and discuss key ideas, what struck us, our thoughts
3. At the end of the hour, we choose a leader for the next week, who reminds everyone about the lecture, organizes the call, and moderates it.
In this format, we have already completed 2 courses (Sapolsky from Stanford and The Science of Well-Being from Yale) and now we are starting the third course Learning How to Learn: Powerful mental tools to help you master tough subjects (it has a rating of 4.8 and 85,500 views on Coursera).
If you're interested—join us, it's completely free. The first call is tomorrow (yes, you'll need to check out the first lecture).