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The Medieval Book of Hours: Art and Devotion in the Later Middle Ages
Cost $90 · . Course Length: 12 hours estimated
In Medieval Europe the Book of Hours, so called because its core component consists of the Hours of the Virgin, became the prayer book of choice for worshippers prosperous enough to commission or purchase such a book. Although its contents were of monastic origin,...
Offered through edX | and created by Harvard University, HarvardX | Taught by Jeffrey F. Hamburger, Jeffrey F. Hamburger
Book Sleuthing: The Nineteenth Century
Cost $70 · . Course Length: 4 hours estimated
Do you love printed paper and wonder how much longer it will survive in the age of ebooks? Are you curious about how the mass-produced modern book emerged in the first place? Come behind the scenes in Harvard’s libraries to explore the look, feel and even smell of...
Offered through edX | and created by Harvard University, HarvardX | Taught by Leah Price
Making and Meaning in the Medieval Manuscript
Cost $90 · . Course Length: 24 hours estimated
As books “go digital,” we can appreciate what is gained in terms of convenience, accessibility and interconnectedness. However, we should also consider what is lost as texts transition to a digital sphere. This module of The Book
Offered through edX | and created by Harvard University, HarvardX | Taught by Jeffrey F. Hamburger, Jeffrey F. Hamburger
Jane Austen: Myth, Reality and Global Celebrity
Cost $59 · . Course Length: 9 hours estimated
Most FutureLearn courses run multiple times. Every run of a course has a set start date but you can join it and work through it after it starts. Find out more This course is for anyone with an interest in Jane Austen, including the members of Jane Austen Societies...
Offered through FutureLearn | and created by University of Southampton | Taught by Gillian Dow, Kim Simpson, Amy Clarke and others
Prepare to Run a Code Club
Cost $44 · . Course Length: 6 hours estimated
Most FutureLearn courses run multiple times. Every run of a course has a set start date but you can join it and work through it after it starts. Find out more This course is ideal for volunteers, parents, and educators who are keen to join the Code Club network to...
Offered through FutureLearn | and created by Raspberry Pi Foundation | Taught by Carrie Anne Philbin, Maria Quevedo, Rik Cross and others
Scrolls in the Age of the Book
Cost $70 · . Course Length: 18 hours estimated
This course is an introduction to the making and use of scrolls in the European Middle Ages. The codex, with its portability and instant access to any place in the text, became the dominant container for writing after the 4th century BCE, but scrolls continued to...
Offered through edX | and created by Harvard University, HarvardX | Taught by Thomas Forrest Kelly, Timothy M. Baker
Print and Manuscript in Western Europe, Asia and the Middle East (1450-1650)
Cost $70 · . Course Length: 4 hours estimated
Printing, or the capacity to reproduce text and image mechanically, has rightly been hailed as a technology with far-reaching impact. But the technology takes more than one form and originated in more than one historical context. In this module of The Book
Offered through edX | and created by Harvard University, HarvardX | Taught by Ann M. Blair, Lianbin Dai, Meredith Quinn
American Capitalism: A History
. Course Length: 16 hours estimated
Perhaps no story is as essential to get right as the history of capitalism. Nearly all of our theories about promoting progress come from how we interpret the economic changes of the last 500 years. This past decade’s crises continue to remind us just how much...
Offered through edX | and created by Cornell University, CornellX | Taught by Edward E. Baptist, Louis Hyman
Artist at Work: Complementary Colors
Cost $29 · . Course Length: 0 hours estimated
Take a look over the shoulder of an artist at work. Mary Jane Begin, an award-winning illustrator and Rhode Island School of Design professor, sits down at the drawing board and explains how complementary colors—colors on opposite sides of the color wheel—can make...
Offered through LinkedIn Learning | Taught by Mary Jane Begin
Monasteries, Schools, and Notaries, Part 2: Introduction to the Transitional Gothic Script
Cost $70 · . Course Length: 7 hours estimated
Thousands upon thousands of manuscripts written in Latin and other languages remain from the 12th century, when Western Europe saw an unprecedented increase in manuscript production. Of these manuscripts from the middle ages, only a small percentage have been...
Offered through edX | and created by Harvard University, HarvardX | Taught by Beverly Mayne Kienzle
Monasteries, Schools, and Notaries, Part 1: Reading the Late Medieval Marseille Archive
Cost $70 · . Course Length: 4 hours estimated
Medieval Europe has preserved enormous quantities of books and documents—many millions of pages, in fact—written in Latin and other languages. However, only a tiny percentage of these texts have been edited and published. To gain access to the rest, you need to...
Offered through edX | and created by Harvard University, HarvardX | Taught by Daniel Lord Smail
Books in the Medieval Liturgy
Cost $70 · . Course Length: 4 hours estimated
When we think of liturgy today, we imagine short, formal, congregational events happening periodically within the confines of churches. Medieval liturgy, however, took up many hours of every day, filled the city's largest meeting halls, and even spilled onto the...
Offered through edX | and created by Harvard University, HarvardX | Taught by Thomas Forrest Kelly
Steps in Japanese for Beginners1 Part3
Steps in Japanese for BeginnersCost $109 · . Course Length: 25 hours estimated
The exchange student Andy is asked to join the university yosokoi dance club. And he decides to join. Through interaction with his yosokoi club mates and his Japanese class teacher, he describes his experiences and we learn more about Andy’s character and how he...
Offered through edX | and created by WasedaX, Waseda University | Taught by Naoko Kinoshita, Kaori Sano, Yukiyo HAMAKAWA
Personal Finance Tips Weekly
Cost $29 · . Course Length: 1 hours estimated
Build a healthy financial life-one week at a time. Investment advisor Jane Barrett and financial therapist Amanda Clayman have teamed up for this weekly series of personal finance tips. Every Tuesday they provide advice on a different financial topic, from talking...
Offered through LinkedIn Learning | Taught by Jane Barratt, Jane Barratt, Amanda Clayman
Artist at Work: Creating Depth of Field
Cost $29 · . Course Length: 1 hours estimated
If you can convince a viewer that there is depth in a flat image, you can increase the emotional resonance and believability of your artwork. In this course, professional illustrator Mary Jane Begin explores how color and contrast affect the illusion of space....
Offered through LinkedIn Learning | Taught by Mary Jane Begin
Artist at Work: Creating a Visual Hierarchy
Cost $29 · . Course Length: 0 hours estimated
The human eye perceives objects in a scene in order of contrast. Tone, color, and glazing are used to establish this "visual hierarchy" in your art. Join award-winning illustrator and Rhode Island School of Design professor Mary Jane Begin back in her studio as...
Offered through LinkedIn Learning | Taught by Mary Jane Begin
The History of the Book in 17th and 18th Century Europe
Cost $50 · . Course Length: 1 hours estimated
This module of The Book
Offered through edX | and created by Harvard University, HarvardX | Taught by Robert Darnton
Artist at Work: Textures
Cost $29 · . Course Length: 0 hours estimated
Mary Jane Begin is back with more from theContents
Offered through LinkedIn Learning | Taught by Mary Jane Begin
Chimpanzee Behavior and Conservation
Rated 4.9★ stars based on | 15 ratings · . Cost $49 · . Course Length: 24 hours estimated
Chimpanzees are one of our closest living relatives, yet almost nothing was known about their behavior in the wild until Jane Goodall started her groundbreaking study of the chimpanzees of Gombe, Tanzania in 1960. This study continues today, following the same...
Offered through Coursera | and created by Duke University | Taught by Emily Boehm, Anne Pusey, Kara Walker
Painting and Developing a Composition
Cost $29 · . Course Length: 0 hours estimated
We asked illustrator Mary Jane Begin to create a brand-new composition from three (surprise) elements. The goal? To teach members how to think about composition in terms of visual interest and implied story. In these videos, Mary Jane creates thumbnail sketches to...
Offered through LinkedIn Learning | Taught by Mary Jane Begin