DIY Scholar’s top 25 posts of 2008
Here are the top 25 posts of 2008 on The Do It Yourself Scholar. Thanks for dropping by. Best free courses & lectures Two views of ancient Rome Yet more Harvard for free Go to Harvard for free The...
View ArticleYou are invited to the Podcast Parlor
University lecture courses usually come packaged with seminars or discussion sections where students can ask questions and kick around ideas. Wouldn’t it be nice for us cyber-students if we could have...
View ArticleAmerican Football–survival of the fittest?
In honor of Super Bowl Sunday, let’s look at American political theory through the lens of foobtall. Yes, I’m serious. In the May 15, 2008 lecture of his course United States Political Thinking from...
View ArticleBack from the (American) Alps
I’m back from a lovely vacation in Glacier National Park, an area once advertised to potential tourists as “the American Alps.” I’ve never been to the Alps, but my husband assures me that the...
View ArticleThe Russian revolution on Mars
Here’s an offbeat bit of cinema for your weekend viewing pleasure: Aelita: Queen of Mars, a 1924 silent film made in the Soviet Union about space travelers who arrive on Mars and help the downtrodden...
View ArticleThe REAL story of Thanksgiving (redux)
In honor of turkey day, I pulled this from the DIY Scholar archives: Yeah, yeah, yeah. The Pilgrims, the Indians, the feasting — we learned all that stuff in school. But what’s the real story? Check...
View ArticleDIY Scholar’s top 20 posts of 2009
The votes are in. Here are the top 20 posts of 2009 on The Do It Yourself Scholar. Thanks for dropping by. Best free courses & lectures Guide to iTunes U Thousands of free books in your pocket The...
View ArticleTime for a stretch
If your aching back and shoulders are telling you that you’ve been staring at your computer too long, help is at hand from UCLA’s Recreation Department, via iTunes U. I’ve already tried out 15...
View ArticleRemodeling at DIY Scholar
Maybe it’s spring fever, maybe it’s the new look at my friend Anne’s blog Anne is a Man!, but I felt inspired to do some remodeling here at The Do It Yourself Scholar. Let me know how you like the …...
View ArticleTop 10 DIY Scholar posts for 2010
According to the stats that WordPress.com keeps for me, these were the most popular Do It Yourself Scholar posts for 2010. 10. How to record a streaming lecture 9. The Challenge of Translating the...
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