b'Education matters Education mattersdevelopment in geophysics relateda higher speed, or switch to another disciplines. It is about hobbies andlecture. So I stopped complaining about creative habits. However, it will alsothe absence of control of the online help soft skills development: timeclasses and listened to what they had management, communication skills,to say at the pace, and in the order, they public speaking, project management,wanted to say it. Most online lecturers and negotiation. It is inspired by theare great. If they were not, we could leave Creative Calling book by Chaseonline lectures immediately and with Jarvis, an American photographer andminimum discomfort, couldnt we?entrepreneur, co-founder, and CEO of CreativeLive. The upcoming courses are different. You have to RSVP, and you are enrolled. Great, According to Wikipedia, CreativeLive isisnt it? However, if you live in Australia, Marina Pervukhinaan online education platform that offersyour class will be scheduled at a weird Associate Editor for Educationfree online courses in a variety of fields.time in the middle of the night as the Marina.Pervukhina@csiro.au However, when I googled CreativeLive,classes are planned for USA mornings - I ended up on a page with a Subscribestreaming at 9 AM PDT. No worries about button and found that to access 2000+that - you can access your class 24 hours Unleash your creativity andfree courses, one must pay $149 billedafter it starts steaming. So, I believe the improve your soft skills annually or $39 billed monthly. If youplatform asks you to RSVP to get you are like me, such a subscription does notmore committed to attending.Numerous online platforms offer manysound free, and I started poking around in search of bits and pieces accessible in aThe CreativeLife platform has several different types of courses. I wrote aboutchanging daily On-Air courses in all five Coursera and edX in the February 2021lost-credit-card scenario.categories - you have lots of options issue of Preview (PV 210), and have beenThere are five main categories of coursesto choose from. And if you really want exploring other opportunities since then.offered: Photo & Video, Money & Life,a particular course, you can buy it. I I recently enrolled in a course via theArt & Design, Craft & Maker, and Musicplanned to get a monthly subscription CreativeLive platform, and I would like to& Audio. If you click on one of theseto write this piece and to share my share my experience. categories you will see the most in- experience with the readers. However, Anyone who keeps learning staysdemand courses and a complete listI had enough material and excitement youngHenry Ford. of them divided into subcategories.playing with free options on the Every course offers a complimentaryplatform. I enrolled for free and listened Once you stop learning you start dying -introduction class, and sometimes anto a Write Copy that Compels and Albert Einstein. accessible class in the middle of theSells short course by Melissa Cassera, course. That is awesome as you canwhich I enjoyed. I might return later and Research shows that the classics are rightevaluate instructors and understandsubscribe for a course or a month/year as - there is a link between education andwhether their words resonate with youI had a positive experience.longevity, and that one year of formaland whether there is a synergy that will education adds six months to yourhelp you to learn and enjoy their courses. Of course, CreativeLive is only one of lifespan. But, even if we forget about themany education platforms offering formal education and the boring lifespanHowever, what if you want to listen to theonline courses. Google promptly statistics, have you ever noticed thatwhole course for free? In this case, youadvised me that people who looked for going for a dancing class or diving courseare limited to the Free and UpcomingCreativeLive also looked for many other or language lessons somehow changescourses that you can find at the bottomplatforms (see Figure 1). I may explore the flow of time? Slows it down andof the page. You can watch the On-Airothers in the upcoming issues. However, stretches the days or weeks of studying?classes straight away. With these classes,please, do not wait and use these You remember this time as if it lasted foryou do not have much control. Foropportunities to learn today. Scientists months or years. And no one can forgetinstance, you cannot jump from onebelieve that by studying, we build new the years spent at school or university,lecture to another or accelerate it. Butneural networks in our brains. At the not ever! neither do we have such power withend of the day, guaranteed extra years real-life face-to-face classes, have we?of life is a reasonable incentive to pick This column is not about universityIf the lecturer is boring or unfriendly,up a course or two and stretch up your degrees or even professionalwe cannot immediately play them atcomfort zone.Figure 1.A snapshot of Google suggestions for online learning.AUGUST 2022 PREVIEW 30'