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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2>The Astronomy courses being taught by Prof Nemiroff
are no longer available at the site given in my original
message.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2>They are now available for download at
</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2><A
href="https://titanas.it.teithe.gr/shared/v13/astronomy/">https://titanas.it.teithe.gr/shared/v13/astronomy/</A></FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2>They are approximately 35-45MB per 50 minute lecture,
and as of today, 11 lectures are available.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2> <BR>Maciej Soltynski<BR></FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV>---- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [AstroNet] Free Introductory
Astronomy Course</DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2>Prof Robert Nemiroff (Michigan Tech)
is teaching an astronomy course available freely
online</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2>He writes:</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2>The course originates at Michigan Technological
University where I am a Professor. Many MTU students are taking this exact
class for credit, but anyone with a browser can take it for free. Not only are
the lectures free, but this semester no textbook is needed for the course
since I am exclusively using the web: mostly APOD (Astronomy Picture of the
Day <A
href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html">http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html</A>) and
Wikipedia. The idea of teaching without a formal textbook is to make the
course as inexpensive to students and un-registered web-viewers as possible.
APOD is used because I am so familiar with it, and because the liberal use of
APOD images makes the course really beautiful, in my (biased) opinion. The
lectures occur live at Michigan Tech on Mondays and Wednesdays, and are
released to iTunes and learnoutloud.com shortly after. </FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2>Every Wednesday, at the end of class, I can be seen
reviewing the previous week's APODs. Polite criticisms and general feedback
are welcome!</FONT></STRONG></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>