TRIMESTER - Rotunda Library Newsletter Dec 2012 | Page 6

6 Trimester Rotunda Library Newsletter Focus On - Coursera Coursera is a social entrepreneurship company that partners with the Top Universities in the world to offer Online Courses for anyone to take, For Free. They envision a future where the top universities are educating not only thousands of students, but millions. Coursera technology enables the best professors to teach tens or hundreds of thousands of students. Through this, they hope to give everyone access to the world-class education that has so far been available only to a select few. They want to empower people with education that will improve their lives, the lives of their families, and the communities they live in. Classes offered on Coursera are designed to help you master the material. When you take one of their classes, you will watch lectures taught by world-class professors, learn at your own pace, test your knowledge, and reinforce concepts through interactive exercises. When you join one of the Coursera classes, you'll also join a global community of thousands of students learning alongside you. Coursera knows that your life is busy, and that you have many commitments on your time. Thus, their courses are designed based on sound pedagogical foundations, to help you master new concepts quickly and effectively. Key ideas include mastery learning, to make sure that you have multiple attempts to demonstrate your new knowledge; using interactivity, to ensure student engagement and to assist long-term retention; and providing frequent feedback, so that you can monitor your own progress, and know when you've really mastered the material. They offer courses in a wide range of topics, spanning the Humanities, Medicine, Biology, Social Sciences, Mathematics, Business, Computer Science, and many others. Whether you're looking to improve your resume, advance your career, or just learn more and expand your knowledge, Coursera hope there will be multiple courses that you find interesting. www.coursera.org TRI M ESTE R Library & Info rmatio n Se rvice Ope n Ho urs Monday to Friday 9am to 1pm and 2pm to 5pm (Closed 1pm to 2pm) Reading Room Open 7 days a week 24-hours Co ntact Phone: [phone] Fax: [phone] Email: [email protected] S taff Librarian: Anne M. O’Byrne Senior Library Assistant:: Geraldine Walsh Editors: TRIMESTER Editors Geraldine Walsh Anne M. O’Byrne TRIMESTER Graphic Design: Geraldine Walsh Any comments, additions or suggestions for TRIMESTER are welcome. If you have an idea for an article, journal item or website inclusion please let us know! To contribute to the Library Newsletter please contact the editors at [email protected] or 01 8171795 Newsletter of The Rotunda Hospital Library & Information Service © 2012 Published by The Rotunda Hospital Library and Information Service, Parnell Square, Dublin 1