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edX MKT1x – Digital Branding and Engagement

Another MOOC class done and dusted and this time the idea was to increase my awareness of digital branding and marketing which has a direct relationship to my work.

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Learning About the Oil and Gas Industry

I have a large number of goals this year. They’re possibly spiraling out of control. And there are a couple that I don’t know how to achieve yet. One of those goals was to increase my knowledge around the  oil and gas industry. I’d had a look around at the time of setting my goals and nothing had turned up of interest on the MOOC sites I’d checked. Living in Perth I figured there would be some good summary classes that I might be able to pay for at a local university but those seemed more targeted at specific course areas. I left the goal and moved on.

Course textbook for the Reservoir Geomechanics class
Course textbook for the Reservoir Geomechanics class hosted by Standford. Mark Zoback is the lecturer.

So when an email “New Stanford Online Learning Opportunities!” lobbed into my account I was pleasantly surprised to see a course on Reservoir Geomechanics.

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