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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Continuous Play Option.
It would be awesome to be able to queue up a series of videos. I'm listening to/watching the Development Economics series, and many of the videos are only a few minutes long. I like to listen while I paint my house, and I keep having to stop and run back to the computer to play the next video. It would be nice to be able to select several to play in a row. I could watch/listen to a whole section in one go.
10 votesHi Katie,
Thanks for the suggestion. There are two ways to do this:1) YouTube playlists
If you use a YouTube playlist like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Meo0s54s1sw&list=PL-uRhZ_p-BM4SmRr1p6WZnfym2zP2O0LH&index=2
it will continuously play. We have playlists setup for some of the courses and are in process of setting up all of them.
2) iTunes
We are posting videos to iTunes, which will allow you to do continuous play. We also have just the audio podcast, which combines a whole section’s videos into one podcast. We’re rolling on both the video and audio podcasts continually. You should see more up soon – let me know if you have a particular course you want first.Hopefully this helps!
Roman
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Please make sure that the information in the practice questions is correct
Please make sure that the information in the practice questions is correct. I just tried to answer one of the practice questions on GDP and it marked my correct answer wrong. I double checked my answer in the book and I was correct and the website was wrong. This problem could cause people to learn false information. :/
3 votesThank you for submitting your concern about the GDP practice question. We take making sure that all of our questions are correct very seriously. We have reviewed all the questions on GDP and can verify that they are all correct. If you can let me know which is the question you think is wrong, we can try address it specifically.
There is one question, the second question in the “Splitting GDP” video, that is a bit of trick question. Maybe this is the one you are referring to. It may seem that the answer should be (e), but it is actually (d). The reason is that not all of government spending is counted in GDP; only government purchases are. For example, social security payouts are government expenses but not purchases, and these are not counted toward GDP. The video explains why this is so: GDP count goods…
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A comprehensive course for entrepreneur.
It will be addressing the financial, managerial, psychological aspects of building a startup. Also having the investor' midnset include at evry stage.
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Why the course "Understanding Data" is not procedding?
Please fasten up the course, we all waiting for it eagerly. Thanks for all your hard works. We all do appreciate it. :)
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This is without a doubt the best thing on the Internet. The lessons are very clear, comprehensive and a real lifesaver.
These lessons are the best thing since sliced bread. Easy to understand, great reinforcement of the concept taught. I am confident I will have far fewer problems in my MBA classes because of your unselfish presentation and offering to
1 voteThank you! I shared the feedback with the entire team. It’s always nice to hear it!
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Your videos are the best.Can you make these for Finance and corporate finance too?
I showed these videos to my college professor and he asked if there are any videos for Finance?
There should be some videos for finance since It gives us another great look at the market.1 vote -
Is there a application for ios and android devices. If so that's wonderfull.
App for ios and android devices
5 votesNot yet! However, we do have our video content on iTunes so you can use any iTunes app.
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Expanding the reach to people by collaborating with big video blogger
I have come across so many vblog in YouTube and I hope that you could collaborate with these people in order to gain viewers, because i think this course is very informative yet i happen to see very few subscribers.
3 votesThanks Mohan. Do you have anybody in mind?
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Hi, Rob! Our LinkedIn page can be found here: https://www.linkedin.com/company/marginal-revolution-university
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Can you make a program for volunteers to translate your videos?
Translation into different languages will be nice.
1 voteWe have a way to do this already! If you go to mruniversity.com and look at any video page, you should see a “translate” button under the video.
Clicking on it will take you to a tool that allows you to add subtitles. We greatly appreciate any additions we get!
For example, here’s the link for the first video in our Micro course. http://www.amara.org/en/videos/AfeywxXg5Wel/info/introduction-to-economics/
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MRUniversity should create an app.
MRUniversity should create an app similar to Udemy so people can easily do economics on their phones and tablets. I would strongly prefer if there was an MRUnisveristy app that just linked the videos so I can watch it on my phone without the need of an internet browser.
6 votesThank you Thomas – great idea. We frankly aren’t doing a great job on mobile right now but we’ll get there!
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Do you take part in Hi-Tech exhibitions to promote your site?
Can such a branding be suitable for that: https://www.behance.net/gallery/32744163/Logo-and-branding-for-MR-University ?
1 voteThank you for the idea!
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Awesome Site!!!
Without a doubt THE best way to learn about economics! All of the videos are very interesting, easy to understand and very slick with high production values.
Most importantly, it gives the student of economics a very solid intuitive grasp of the subject.
Many thanks for making this open and freely available to the public.
5 votesThank you! We greatly appreciate the feedback and your support. It’s very rewarding to hear that folks appreciate the effort we pour into our videos.
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MAKE Exam AVAILABLE FOR A COURSE FROM 2014!!!!
It would be VERY nice and professional of y'all to have the exam and/or certificate of completion actually available AFTER SITTING THROUGH 55 VIDEOS!!! This course was created in 2014! It is almost 2016!
1 voteHi Bill,
Thanks for the comment – getting the International Finance exam up is on our list. We’re a bit behind I know. We are a very small team.I’m always curious to learn more about what folks are doing with our materials – would you mind sharing with me what you do with our certificate?
I’ll post a note here when the exam is up. Should be within the next few months.
Thanks.
Roman
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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 support@mruniversity.com 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 -
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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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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