General MRU Feedback
We welcome any feedback on how we can improve Marginal Revolution University. You can also email us at support AT mruniversity.com.
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Release New Material on a Schedule
You asked for feedback about the Principles of Economics: Microeconomics class.
I know it's too late in the class for this to change, but in future classes it would be nice if there was some predetermined schedule for the release of new material. Long periods of time went by in the class with no new material and no idea when it would be released.
A release schedule when the class starts would be very helpful.
Thanks for the great material. So many of these topics and the way they apply to real-life situations are more complex than they appear on…
2 votesThank you for the feedback and compliments!
We are going to release our Macro on a 1 video per week schedule starting in January 2016.
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We don’t have a course specifically designed for that age but I think you could find useful content in both Everyday Economics and Principles. I have a 7 year old and he enjoys them!
Here are some ideas. Drop us a note at [email protected] if you have a specific topic in mind. If we don’t have it we might be able to suggest some other places.
Trade, Division of Labor, etc
http://www.mruniversity.com/courses/everyday-economics/trade-growth-hockey-stick-human-prosperityIncentives
http://www.mruniversity.com/courses/principles-economics-microeconomics/introduction-microeconomicsPrice signals
http://www.mruniversity.com/courses/principles-economics-microeconomics/price-system-definition-invisible-handTrade-off between fun and wages
http://www.mruniversity.com/courses/principles-economics-microeconomics/tradeoff-wages-no-such-thing-as-free-lunchPublic Goods
http://www.mruniversity.com/courses/principles-economics-microeconomics/public-goods-example-asteroid-defenseBasics about institutions, growth rates, development
http://www.mruniversity.com/courses/principles-economics-macroeconomics/gdp-per-capita-purchasing-power-parity-example -
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Youtube is banned in Pakistan
I am from Pakistan , we have a problem , youtube is banned in Pakistan , can these videos be uploaded to some other site , like say Vimeo ? or Dailymotion or some other
1 voteTwo ideas pop to mind:
1) Use iTunes – our videos are there as well
2) Download the videos directly from our website (you’ll see a download button under the videos)Hope that helps!
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Love this course! When will section on insurance and moral hazard be complete?
Expand discussion of why health care is burdened with market failures (adverse selection, information asymmetry, moral hazard) and whether introducing high deductible insurance plans will encourage price transparency, thus bringing health costs back to earth.
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I need a solid resource on 'the philosophy of science'
Everyone knows this famous raking of so called sciences: https://xkcd.com/435/
Good question, where does economics fit in? And what is science?
How can I participate in so called scientific debate without knowing what science is, in the first place?
I have a feeling that in economics in general you have much story telling and anecdotes, as compared to the amount of 'science' - whatever that word really means.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKEq5iEmMSo
From 14:26 in the video Stanford professors Dave Evans and Bill Burnett argue that in college you learn how to answer questions. In graduate school, you learn how to ask them.…3 votes -
I need help on how to write a proper college paper/academic paper/thesis
I mean, thesis in the college level, not PhD level. Or how do you call it? I am not a native English speaker.
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List of high production value videos?
I would love if you could compile and post a list of the high production value videos (i.e. not the voice over power point style ones). Thanks!
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Need some female faces!
I am looking through MRU's videos and I am excited to include some in my courses here at St. Catherine University. Perhaps because I teach at a women's college, I am struck by the lack of female economists in the videos. For that matter, there is a lack of diversity on many dimensions. So many good economists out there! Can you tap some who will show my students that their faces are reflected in our field? Thanks!!
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An accompanying reading list?
An accompanying reading list, including:
- Recommendations for an accompanying text
- Additional reading for improving and building on one's understanding
- Recommendations for 'next steps'
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The course is fully complete and live.
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Improving long term learning and comprehension of material
The videos and questions are engaging, but without frequent and spaced reinforcement of the concepts and terminology, the ideas will not embed in learners long term memory. students take a multiple choice question and pass but do they really understand the concepts. This is the biggest failure of MOOCs. I recommend including on the website some space repetitive questioning of the material to help push the ideas from short term memory to long term memory. There is a lot to earn from language learning and flashcard websites and apps like Anki, Duolingo and Memrise. You can even develop on Memrise…
1 voteThank you Bryon! No surprise that such a smart comment comes from a fellow Hokie!
I agree that there is much to be done to provide practice materials to reinforce concepts. That’s definitely on our radar to improve.
I’ll check out those apps you mentioned. I appreciate the feedback – feel free to email me directly at roman at mruniversity dot com.
Roman
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Better spam control and author authentication needed
Comments and discussions under the videos could be very useful only if they are kept free from spam. Spammers often post links and ads. One way could be to designate some long time or serious users as moderators.
PS: In case you start such a program, I would love to help with moderation of content
3 votesThank you for the feedback. We are continually battling spammers on both this feedback site and on mruniversity.com. We haven’t gone the way of community-based moderation yet, but if we do so, we’ll let you know! Thanks for the offer.
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Is it possible to download the presentations used in the videos?
Being the kind of learner who needs to read and highlight and make notes on lecture slides I would like to find out how possible it would be to get the slides so I can follow along on a printout and make notes as I watch the lecture videos
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Using MRU with flipped classroom; date for Macro?
Your videos are great and I use them in my classroom and post them on my course website as a kind of hybrid flipped classroom.
When will you have videos up for principles of macro? Thanks!
2 votesThanks for sharing! We’ll be in contact with you as we’re very interested in how our videos are working in a flipped model. You can send feedback directly to me at roman at mruniversity dot com as well.
As for Macro, it’s on deck for this year. I’ll add you to the professor list for course announcements so that you get notified.
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I finished the course of international trade successfully by answering all the questions but thesere was no certificate issued to me?
why was my certificate not issued to me?
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Transcript?
Is there a transcript of the content on your videos?
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Misleading wording in one quiz question
Hi, I just took the quiz following the video "A price is a signal wrapped up in an incentive." The last phrase in the answer to question 6 describes the equilibrium price as "desired by no one." What is meant here is "the equilibrium price is not the desire of any one person," but the way it's written can just as easily be interpreted as "the equilibrium price is quite disliked by everyone." It's ambiguous that way. One way to clear up the ambiguity is just to change it to "…desired by no one person." Indeed, that wording appears in…
1 voteThank you for the feedback. We have updated that question to be more clear.
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We would love to hear you revisit the Eurozone in 2015. How the Eurozone has performed and the effect of the recent Swiss bank move...
We would love to hear you revisit the Eurozone in 2015. How the Eurozone has performed and the effect of the recent Swiss bank move...
1 voteTyler is planning to do this. Vote it up if you also want it.
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