Completed Mark's Level 2

[grsnovi]

[oldhippy]

Congratulations young man. 

[watchweasol]

Congratulations and well done.

[grsnovi]

8 hours ago, oldhippy said:

Congratulations young man.

Thanks!

...and thanks for calling me young at 68 

7 hours ago, watchweasol said:

Congratulations and well done

Thanks!

...a score better than 80 would have been "well done" but I know where to find the other 20 

[Paul80]

Well done.

Been thinking of doing these but have one question if I may.

How are these causes presented to the student.

Is it as it reads, you get access to a set of videos then once you have watched them all you answer a sheet of questions and hopefully pass, or is there any interaction between student and teacher ?

Thanks.

Paul

 

 

[grsnovi]

2 hours ago, Paul80 said:

How are these causes presented to the student.

It is a very nice online learning environment. You have an list of the level's lessons on the left that expand into the individual topics. As you finish each topic and mark it complete the next topic opens. A % complete shows at the top and as you finish a topic/lesson there is a line drawn through it on the left (see image below). When you are done with everything there is a test consisting of multiple choice questions - some are tricky. You could go back and take the test as an "open book" test but what's the point in that? The instructor is Mark Lovick and the videos are of Mark giving a talk and/or showing you how to do something. If you have ever watched any of Mark's YouTube videos you know what a good presenter he is. The pace is reasonable (I never felt rushed) and you can always go back and re-watch a topic. You can also download a transcript of the topic.

There is also the ability to try some number of lesson/topics before you decide you're in - so that's an option. I just signed up and did the Level 1 last month and Level 2 Thursday and Friday. The 2nd level focuses on the disassembly, cleaning, lubrication, reassembly and testing of the ETA/UNITAS 6497. You can purchase one for $32 on eBay if you want to follow along and actually do what Mark is showing you.

The Level 1 course is very basic introduction to the material. If you have been watching (m)any videos on YT of various people repairing/restoring watches you'll be familiar with most of the content.