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The Forum was founded in February 1908 by George W. Coleman, a Boston businessman and then leader of the Boston Baptist Social Union. The first public lectures were held in the Union's meeting place, the Ford Building on Ashburton Place, Beacon Hill, from which the Forum's name originates. The building was named after Daniel Sharp Ford ...
Barbara McClintock delivers her Nobel lecture. A lecture (from Latin: lectura 'reading') is an oral presentation intended to present information or teach people about a particular subject, for example by a university or college teacher. Lectures are used to convey critical information, history, background, theories, and equations.
Education portal; Events portal University and college lecture series. Subcategories. This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total. C.
Gresham College gives free public lectures since it was founded in 1597 The Reith Lectures , broadcast annually on the BBC , founded in honour of Lord Reith The Romanes Lectures , on "any topic in the Arts, Science, or Literature", given annually at the University of Oxford founded by George Romanes
A massive open online course (MOOC / muːk /) or an open online course is an online course aimed at unlimited participation and open access via the Web. [1] In addition to traditional course materials, such as filmed lectures, readings, and problem sets, many MOOCs provide interactive courses with user forums or social media discussions to ...
An online lecture is an educational lecture designed to be posted online. Lectures are recorded to video, audio or both, then uploaded and made viewable on a designated site. Students may go to a certain designated site to view the lecture online at a time which is convenient for them. The lecture may also be available for live viewing online ...
MIT professors Alan Lightman, Troy Van Voorhis, Alex Byrne, and Daniel Hastings speak on "Life, the Universe, and MIT" in a discussion moderated by Rosalind Picard.. The Veritas Forum is a non-profit organization that works with Christian students on college campuses to host forums centered on the exploration of truth and its relevancy in human life, through the questions of philosophy ...
The Gifford Lectures (/ ˈɡɪfərd /) are an annual series of lectures which were established in 1887 by the will of Adam Gifford, Lord Gifford at the four ancient universities of Scotland: St Andrews, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Edinburgh. Their purpose is to "promote and diffuse the study of natural theology in the widest sense of the term – in ...