FREE 6-week online course in Nutrition thru UCSF starts 6/24

AnvilHead

Another good course, offered through University of Pittsburgh via Coursera: Nutrition and Physical Activity for Health.

https://www.coursera.org/course/nutritionforhealth

I completed the Fundamentals of Human Nutrition course a couple months ago and found it to be very educational and beneficial. The online lectures/exams make it easy to do the coursework at your convenience and if there's an online textbook involved, you can save the material to your computer for future reference. Although there's no actual college credits involved, they're free courses and a great way to expand your personal knowledge.

themrsbriggs

me too!!! looking forward to it! thanks!!

DonnaRe2012

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sajeffe

I went to that website but it's just a link to sign up for the course. How can I look at some of the course info?

I'm pretty sure if you just go to coursera.org, you'll see what all they offer. Near the top somewhere, it will say "Explore Courses" or maybe just "Courses."

sajeffe

just signed up!! how exciting! Anyone know if you can do anything for real with the certificate?

No, not really. You can put it on your resume, but this form of education is still too new to know how employers will react. Shows initiative though. I'm in it for the knowledge more than the certificates, but I strive for the certificate in two courses at a time for the most part. Right now I'm taking Social Epidemiology as well as History of Rock. I recently finished up with a course about the brain and another one about genes.

sajeffe

I went to that website but it's just a link to sign up for the course. How can I look at some of the course info?

I'm pretty sure if you just go to coursera.org, you'll see what all they offer. Near the top somewhere, it will say "Explore Courses" or maybe just "Courses."

My bad. I just read your question again and realized I read it wrong. At this link: https://www.coursera.org/course/nutrition, on the right side at the top is a video you click on for course intro.

Hexahedra

Thanks, I'll sign up.

scythswife

I will look at it more. I have a watch list started though. looks interesting to say the least

nak1a

Can someone explain the format of taking this course? Do you just gain access to lectures and notes? Is it interactive? Thanks. I signed up, knowledge is power!

DatMurse

looking at her signature thing on nutrition. I bet someone in her family either has, or died from GI related problems.

Not being mean but when health care providers specialize in something it is usually something that has affected them.

Mine is oncology

socialite51

Thanks..just signed up..:flowerforyou:

sajeffe

Can someone explain the format of taking this course? Do you just gain access to lectures and notes? Is it interactive? Thanks. I signed up, knowledge is power!

Each week, you get access to the lectures and pdf of slides used. The lectures are divided into small chunks to allow for our increasingly short attention spans. In some courses, the lectures are actually less than 5 minutes and there are a bunch of them. Most, however, are in chunks of 10-15 minutes and you have 4-8 of them. Watch them when you have time. If you're going for the certificate of completion, there will be homework assignments and quizzes to complete on a deadline. Homework in this course is peer reviewed -- which also means you will have to review the work of some of your peers. Some courses have midterms and finals. Interactivity is through the course discussion forums, which are active in all of the courses. Many of these courses have tens of thousands of students from all over the world. Give it a try and see what you think.

DatMurse

Can someone explain the format of taking this course? Do you just gain access to lectures and notes? Is it interactive? Thanks. I signed up, knowledge is power!

Each week, you get access to the lectures and pdf of slides used. The lectures are divided into small chunks to allow for our increasingly short attention spans. In some courses, the lectures are actually less than 5 minutes and there are a bunch of them. Most, however, are in chunks of 10-15 minutes and you have 4-8 of them. Watch them when you have time. If you're going for the certificate of completion, there will be homework assignments and quizzes to complete on a deadline. Homework in this course is peer reviewed -- which also means you will have to review the work of some of your peers. Some courses have midterms and finals. Interactivity is through the course discussion forums, which are active in all of the courses. Many of these courses have tens of thousands of students from all over the world. Give it a try and see what you think.

oh my god peer reviewed?

in b4 **** storm. maybe ill take it to make ppl mad lol

sajeffe

Can someone explain the format of taking this course? Do you just gain access to lectures and notes? Is it interactive? Thanks. I signed up, knowledge is power!

Each week, you get access to the lectures and pdf of slides used. The lectures are divided into small chunks to allow for our increasingly short attention spans. In some courses, the lectures are actually less than 5 minutes and there are a bunch of them. Most, however, are in chunks of 10-15 minutes and you have 4-8 of them. Watch them when you have time. If you're going for the certificate of completion, there will be homework assignments and quizzes to complete on a deadline. Homework in this course is peer reviewed -- which also means you will have to review the work of some of your peers. Some courses have midterms and finals. Interactivity is through the course discussion forums, which are active in all of the courses. Many of these courses have tens of thousands of students from all over the world. Give it a try and see what you think.

oh my god peer reviewed?

in b4 **** storm. maybe ill take it to make ppl mad lol

Yeah, actually, there is that risk, but what I've experienced is that most people who take the courses aren't *kitten*. That said, I like the courses that don't have peer-reviewed homework better. I mean, that's a variable that isn't quite figured out yet, I think.

SummerLovesPhil

Thanks!

sajeffe

Bump.

OtterAmber

I also signed up for Nutrition, Health, and Lifestyle: Issues and Insights by Jamie Pope through Vanderbilt University. It has already started but you can access all the information.

Thanks for posting this what an amazing resource

sajeffe

I also signed up for Nutrition, Health, and Lifestyle: Issues and Insights by Jamie Pope through Vanderbilt University. It has already started but you can access all the information.

Thanks for posting this what an amazing resource

Indeed. Here's the link to the thread on the Vanderbilt course as well as Child Nutrition course. http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/975551-vanderbilt-stanford-free-nutrition-courses And, as someone else mentioned, there's another course that starts next month on nutrition and fitness. coursera.org

[I'm not a coursera affiliate in any way. I just like to promote learning and coursera and edx.com make it easy.]

sajeffe

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sajeffe

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