Free Online Genealogy Course with FutureLearn (Week 2)

[Ruskie]

Glad it is not just me groom. I read some of the comments and all but one (and mine) were positive. 

[Ruskie]

Regarding the DNA teats - you will get more matches with Americans because more of them have tested than those living in the UK. You may find distant cousins over there.

I have also noticed quite a high uptake in Eastern European countries.

[StevieSteve]

If I can make one prediction it's that no one will get rich selling "I'm a RootsChat Mind Mapper" merchandise 

[Ruskie]

If I can make one prediction it's that no one will get rich selling "I'm a RootsChat Mind Mapper" merchandise 

[3sillydogs]

If I can make one prediction it's that no one will get rich selling "I'm a RootsChat Mind Mapper" merchandise 

 

I also found it confusing and I thought my way of keeping things straight or trying to, when I am searching was confusing

[jennywren001]

Ahhh..Tony Buzan and mindmapping - please make it go away! A simple useful idea, doodle your thoughts on a piece of paper and maybe seeing some connections - transformed into mind mapping, tree diagrams, fan charts, spider diagrams, sunbursts  the list goes on and on and on....
Jen

[cati]

So what do we think about the mind map idea? (I did make a comment but had to reign it in a bit.)

The example they showed bewildered me. Couldn't make head nor tail of it. Con-fus-ing .....  It is probably just me though ....

Might be different if you had created it for yourself so you knew what you were trying to show. 

I've decided that mind-mapping just isn't me: as far as I'm concerned, all this 'the oldest thought is at the bottom left, and you work round clockwise: the newest thought is at bottom right' (or words to that effect) is no different to taking a sheet of paper and writing a list. 

[jaywit]

This comment by Philip
 


Only because you ask: Based on this week I am considering quitting this course because I'm having trouble tolerating how unprofessional it is. The Google hangout was awful quality. Multiple linked resources have closed. Marie Dougan's video was very poorly produced and she seems to be receiving free advertising. And the Riepenhausens videos are obnoxiously insincere (a fault of the producers, not the actors). All the good-quality material is on the external sites referenced. I will try to hang in there another week, since it's free and created with good intentions.
 

Oh how I agree with him.

I am afraid it makes me look on Strathclyde University in a bad light. I don't think it comes out of this very well.

[groom]

I was surprised that there has been no mention on the introduction to this week about the failure of the Google Hangout. Considering that everyone said the same thing, I did think there might be an explanation or a transcription of the broadcast.