Dr. Jim, I just wanted to say thank you for being such an incredible teacher. I recently took an intro to microbiology online here at a community college and struggled immensely in the beginning. Although I found microbiology to be interesting, I did not get as much out of it until I found your lectures. I watched all your lecture videos with my studying. You made taking an online class much more enjoyable. I recently took my final and thank you for helping me get an A in this class!
Dear Mr. Kerschen This video should have way more views and likes, it's the best quality class on youtube I have seen, thanks for your effort and time spent here, you are the best.
Hi Dr. Jim, Just wanted to thank you for this great service you've provided! I'm a second time student, getting my pre reqs for nursing done and this is a lovely supplement to my online course. Be Well!
@@LucasSilva-kv3km even tho my comment is useless just like yours i would like to add that this person has the youtube name Ogor Calvin, now i dont know where he came from but the fact that he could be from anywhere on the planet including places where microbiology is not a concept as of yet, i also think that is truely amazing.
Thank you so much for all of your uploads. I figured I would prepare ahead of time for my summer 260 course and came across your gold mine of a channel :)
Which text book are you using? I am taking micro and use Pearsons Microbiology, an introduction. My teacher has no videos, podcasts or notes and this is a blended class. I feel a little lost so I'm hoping that your videos will fill in for what I am missing from not having a traditional class.
As for the Theory vs. Law concept, the way I think of it is this: a) A theory is just any model one invents to compute predictions. The goodness of a theory is the same as the goodness of a model. b) An *accepted* theory (accepted by the scientific majority) is one that has stood the test of peer review and criticism and won consensus. c) As time goes on, theories either evolve or go extinct. d) Humans have (possibly for the first time in the Universe) began an unusually transcendental evolution path that has allowed us to turn a curve and begin to develop at an exponential rate mentally. As a result, most of our big theories today are of the type that they will never be "disproven" because they imperically model very tightly within their given domain. They will only be expanded or adjusted. This is true of the Standard Model of Quantum Mechanics, of Chemistry, and of much of Microbiology by extension. To the extent the theory still has conjectures that are equally or better matched by other conjectures, it remains a theory. e) A law is an observation, with minimum interpretation, and so free of any alternative conjectures for any of its parts. This is usually achieved through intentional vagueness and limited statements, which is the case in the Law of Gravity, which simply states, "there's this phenomenon, right? I mean, you all feel it. Let's call it something." The Law of Gravity is simply the part of the theory that tells you "there's this thing.." but not the part that tells you, "and here's the complete and total equation." Newton's equation for gravity got modified by Einstein later to improve it's accuracy over a greater domain. But it's still probably not complete. So that part is a theory and not a Law, per se. But the part that just says, "Let's call this thing we experience 'Gravity'" is free from refutability as it's merely the naming of a common, self-evident *Observation*.
iam watching TH-cam to prepare myself for prerequisites for nursing school. school is in the fall and I just wanna feel like wow I know the answer to that and feel confident in passing my classes 😊 thanks
me too I am in the same boat as you... I have Microbiology this Fall and wanted to learn a few things and not walk into class blindly. Best wished to you as you begin your journey :)
Thank You So much for these videos. I am taking a microbiology course online through university of phoenix as a nursing pre-requisite and I can not grasp the material from only a textbook as they do not have any pre-recorded lectures to explain topics. I truly want to walk away with knowledge from this course and These videos are great in preparing for the future and understanding this science. I can not thank you enough!
Thank you Sir! I just recently got out of Bio 168 and 169 at my college and am considering taking Microbio simply for fun. This was a great video to give me an overview of what I will be getting into. Best regards!
Thank you for your online lecture. I'm taking a hybrid microbiology class and she doesn't have any lecture options to study off of. You have explained everything perfectly. Again thank you!
Good Afternoon Professor Kerschen, Just want to say thank for sharing your lectures on line. Studying from the text is great but watching and listening to your lectures was very beneficial. My Name is Marcia Jacobs I took Microbiology Fall Semester 2020 and the anticipation of outstanding result. Once again Thank You.
I'm not yet taking a microbiology class, but I'm really interested in this subject, definitely when it comes to genetic engineering. So, thanks for uploading your overviews for your class's, I'm sure by watching these I'll gain a good amount of insight.
I just had my first class! Watched about 10 of your videos and I surprised the teacher when I was the only one who know about the Barofiles, phycrofiles. Probably misspelled that, also you explain it much better!
***** Lol btw my teacher is so confusing when she explains this, she goes too much in detail and is all over the place. Anyways good luck! The labs are fun
***** yes I watched some Khan Academy videos on gram positive and gram negative and why positive bacterias are stained and why negatives aren't. It tells you he shape of the bacterial cell really simple.
Hello Dr Gill. Just wanna take this time to give u a thumbs up for your clear informative Micro videos,. I undertook my test yesterday 8/14/18 and i got an A. Keep up the good work and may God bless u mightly for your selflessness. Thanx again. Esther
hello Dr. james. good evening . Today i watched your lecture on microbiology and I felt that your lecture will help me in improving my knowledge in microbiology and in my exam. tnx sir
I decided to watch this today in the bath, was listening and wasn't because something traumatic happend to me tonight and just listening to you talked helped me keep my mind away
I'm starting to learn microbiology on my own, since I don't have money to go back to school, I'm trying to learn this on my own through experience and youtube sadly but I'm excited and ready for the challenge
Would you be able to make the additional links to your videos clickable? Like the one you had suggested for Spontaneous Generation? Or post them in the comments? I tried typing them into my browser and i'm not getting a return on them. Also, thank you for taking the time to make these videos, they're very helpful.
hi Edward thanks for the video, i have microbiology this semester and i liked your explanation. you did not confuse my brains at all. hope i will get good grades at the end of the semester . thank you :)
hey ed - i am taking a self taught intro to micro course...in what order should i watch the video series (other than 1-16) so it would make sense to someone who never took a micro course before - thanks!
I am taking Microbiology online as a prerequisite for nursing and your breakdown is helping a lot! thank you! I would like to know your opinion on the COVID-19 pathogen and it's effects on all systems of the body.
Good lectures. Book he showed overstated earth age as 14 billion years. Earth age is about 4.5 bilion years. Sun is about 5 billion years old. Big bang started universe 12.x billion years ago.
Dr. Jim, I just wanted to say thank you for being such an incredible teacher. I recently took an intro to microbiology online here at a community college and struggled immensely in the beginning. Although I found microbiology to be interesting, I did not get as much out of it until I found your lectures. I watched all your lecture videos with my studying. You made taking an online class much more enjoyable. I recently took my final and thank you for helping me get an A in this class!
You're probably something in the medical field by now
Anyone from 2020? 😂😂 feeling relatable
Yessss😂🧝🏿♀️
Oh yes. Im just studying for fun.
Dear Mr. Kerschen
This video should have way more views and likes, it's the best quality class on youtube I have seen, thanks for your effort and time spent here, you are the best.
Ha 69 likes
Got
@@Maxarex 6.4k likes,….
@@brittany131 wow. A year later and I get a response. I was talking about the comment. It had 69 likes
he literally teaches better than my prof. she just read stuff off her slides smdh
Athena Zoey mine scribbles non-sequiturs on the board, tells stale, corny jokes, and wears flip-flops.
Good I’m getting ahead before class starts. I’d like to find a human and growth development.
Yaa everything college same condition 😂😂
I start microbiology soon, and I want to get ahead! Thank you for doing this! I actually learned a lot!
Hi Dr. Jim,
Just wanted to thank you for this great service you've provided! I'm a second time student, getting my pre reqs for nursing done and this is a lovely supplement to my online course.
Be Well!
its too amassing that i can study this in youtube
amazing*
@@LucasSilva-kv3km even tho my comment is useless just like yours i would like to add that this person has the youtube name Ogor Calvin, now i dont know where he came from but the fact that he could be from anywhere on the planet including places where microbiology is not a concept as of yet, i also think that is truely amazing.
@@LucasSilva-kv3km as long as you get his thoughts
You are not alone lol
Thank you so much for all of your uploads. I figured I would prepare ahead of time for my summer 260 course and came across your gold mine of a channel :)
I'm preparing to be a lab doctor. Those lectures are really helpful. Thank you so much!
You can really tell you love what you’re teaching! Thanks for teaching those who want to learn.
THANK YOU ! got a B this morning on my Excelsior Exam - self taught!!!!
Which text book are you using? I am taking micro and use Pearsons Microbiology, an introduction. My teacher has no videos, podcasts or notes and this is a blended class. I feel a little lost so I'm hoping that your videos will fill in for what I am missing from not having a traditional class.
Taking micro next semester. I will start chilling out and watching a few of these lectures a week just to prep myself. Thank you.
Watching your videos for my final exams... please keep doing it. you are doing us students a great favour...
Me too😃
I just started my micro biology class and the professor is so disorganized thank God I landed on this professor's lectures.
Thank you Dr. Kerschen for sharing your in-depth lectures with us! I hope you're safe and well
As for the Theory vs. Law concept, the way I think of it is this:
a) A theory is just any model one invents to compute predictions. The goodness of a theory is the same as the goodness of a model.
b) An *accepted* theory (accepted by the scientific majority) is one that has stood the test of peer review and criticism and won consensus.
c) As time goes on, theories either evolve or go extinct.
d) Humans have (possibly for the first time in the Universe) began an unusually transcendental evolution path that has allowed us to turn a curve and begin to develop at an exponential rate mentally. As a result, most of our big theories today are of the type that they will never be "disproven" because they imperically model very tightly within their given domain. They will only be expanded or adjusted. This is true of the Standard Model of Quantum Mechanics, of Chemistry, and of much of Microbiology by extension. To the extent the theory still has conjectures that are equally or better matched by other conjectures, it remains a theory.
e) A law is an observation, with minimum interpretation, and so free of any alternative conjectures for any of its parts. This is usually achieved through intentional vagueness and limited statements, which is the case in the Law of Gravity, which simply states, "there's this phenomenon, right? I mean, you all feel it. Let's call it something." The Law of Gravity is simply the part of the theory that tells you "there's this thing.." but not the part that tells you, "and here's the complete and total equation." Newton's equation for gravity got modified by Einstein later to improve it's accuracy over a greater domain. But it's still probably not complete. So that part is a theory and not a Law, per se. But the part that just says, "Let's call this thing we experience 'Gravity'" is free from refutability as it's merely the naming of a common, self-evident *Observation*.
iam watching TH-cam to prepare myself for prerequisites for nursing school. school is in the fall and I just wanna feel like wow I know the answer to that and feel confident in passing my classes 😊 thanks
me too I am in the same boat as you... I have Microbiology this Fall and wanted to learn a few things and not walk into class blindly. Best wished to you as you begin your journey :)
Halie Lopez Same here! lol Good Luck !
kayswifey18 hey am a nursing student too where do you study?
Same! Very smart!
kayswifey18 i have an exam tmrw
Thank You So much for these videos. I am taking a microbiology course online through university of phoenix as a nursing pre-requisite and I can not grasp the material from only a textbook as they do not have any pre-recorded lectures to explain topics. I truly want to walk away with knowledge from this course and These videos are great in preparing for the future and understanding this science. I can not thank you enough!
Thank you Sir! I just recently got out of Bio 168 and 169 at my college and am considering taking Microbio simply for fun. This was a great video to give me an overview of what I will be getting into. Best regards!
I recently started pre-nursing courses, I have microbiology and for the first chapter I really find this useful. thank you.
Thank you for your online lecture. I'm taking a hybrid microbiology class and she doesn't have any lecture options to study off of. You have explained everything perfectly. Again thank you!
Wow thanks! My teacher doesn't include almost any writing with his power points so this is beyond helpful!
Good Afternoon Professor Kerschen, Just want to say thank for sharing your lectures on line. Studying from the text is great but watching and listening to your lectures was very beneficial. My Name is Marcia Jacobs I took Microbiology Fall Semester 2020 and the anticipation of outstanding result. Once again Thank You.
I passed my Microbiology exam today thanks to you and your videos. Thank you!
Getting ready to start Microbiology in preparation for Nursing School. Great introduction!!!
You should be teaching in my school. You speak about such a difficult subject so clear and interesting so I wish to take this class again.
I'm not yet taking a microbiology class, but I'm really interested in this subject, definitely when it comes to genetic engineering. So, thanks for uploading your overviews for your class's, I'm sure by watching these I'll gain a good amount of insight.
Great Video and lecture. please keep them coming.
I am literally using these videos to brush up on my Microbiology. I am Honours in Microbiology, and I have an oral exam coming up soon
i like your style of teaching a lot and i can understand your accent without any troubles
all love from Egypt
So far this is one the best lecturer in microbiology..
watched these videos before I even had MicroBiology lol thanks
I just had my first class! Watched about 10 of your videos and I surprised the teacher when I was the only one who know about the Barofiles, phycrofiles. Probably misspelled that, also you explain it much better!
***** Lol btw my teacher is so confusing when she explains this, she goes too much in detail and is all over the place. Anyways good luck! The labs are fun
***** yes I watched some Khan Academy videos on gram positive and gram negative and why positive bacterias are stained and why negatives aren't. It tells you he shape of the bacterial cell really simple.
MissionForDays96 .
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MissionForDays96 That's awesome! Hope you did well!
Good and vivid explanations, thanks a lot... Keep uploading more
Bless you for sharing this. Im actually an art major. Lol. But this should be watched by every human. U
R wonderful. Thank you.
Hello Dr Gill. Just wanna take this time to give u a thumbs up for your clear informative Micro videos,. I undertook my test yesterday 8/14/18 and i got an A. Keep up the good work and may God bless u mightly for your selflessness. Thanx again. Esther
Thank You so much for this best lecture.Highly appreciated.
Love to have extra resources for my microbiology class. Thank you for your lectures.
Thank you so much for these video. As a nursing student they are very helpful.
Listening to this while doing yardwork. Gotta prepare for my nursing prereqs. Thank you for posting 😀
What a great lecture. These are so hard to find anymore!
Great video, got my mind busy thinking about microbiology.
hello Dr. james. good evening . Today i watched your lecture on microbiology and I felt that your lecture will help me in improving my knowledge in microbiology and in my exam. tnx sir
As a future CLT, I have to watch this one too.thank you Doctor
These are GREAT videos.
Thank you so much.
Thank you so much for doing this we students really appreciate you
I decided to watch this today in the bath, was listening and wasn't because something traumatic happend to me tonight and just listening to you talked helped me keep my mind away
Thank you for uploading this to TH-cam, you are an interesting teacher and I will use your videos as a main resource 🙏❤️
I really enjoyed your work I will be combining this with my teacher and studying thank you so much
Thank you immensely for these videos!
Your explanation is the best. It can not be better.
My microbiology class starts next semester and I'm hoping this helps!
excellent intro lecture.
Thank you, you make it so easy to understand the concepts.
Great video. Thanks
I'm starting to learn microbiology on my own, since I don't have money to go back to school, I'm trying to learn this on my own through experience and youtube sadly but I'm excited and ready for the challenge
Great teaching sir
It's simply amazing
Very informative and well paced
thank you so much for this sir! I'm gonna have to tour around your other videos coz im starting Microbiology classes soon
Thank u. So nervous about this class. I learned a lot here.
Explained better than my professor. Thanks so much! 😀
Thanks! Keep doing videos like this! 👍👍👍 Ur great doc.! ❤❤❤
I’m micro now hope your videos help me keep my head above water
Nice Video. I am going to follow all your lectures. You are a very nice teacher. Thank you! Greetings from Holland!
Thank you for your videos! :) I'm studying ahead for Microbiology in my local CC!
thank you very much for sharing this amazing lecture!
Very interesting video now I think I can learn this TH-cam thanks more about this interesting subj
Thank you, you have saved my understanding for micro biology!
Thanks a lot. Your explanation is so much better 💯
Would you be able to make the additional links to your videos clickable? Like the one you had suggested for Spontaneous Generation? Or post them in the comments? I tried typing them into my browser and i'm not getting a return on them. Also, thank you for taking the time to make these videos, they're very helpful.
Thank you for a clear and concise explanation.
Might be taking microbiology soon and wanted some background! listened at 1.75x the speed and was still really understandable and helpful!!
hi Edward thanks for the video, i have microbiology this semester and i liked your explanation. you did not confuse my brains at all. hope i will get good grades at the end of the semester .
thank you :)
A nice work
Awesome.
taking microbe in a moth. one chapter a day with your videos is giving me confidence
I'm from bioinformatics background... It's really useful to Kickstart my research career 😀
This is Very helpful knowledge 🙏🙏🙏🙏
Hello there! your video is helpful for advance learning on taking medtech course..thank you so much 😊
Excellent! Thank you so much!
hey ed - i am taking a self taught intro to micro course...in what order should i watch the video series (other than 1-16) so it would make sense to someone who never took a micro course before - thanks!
GREATTTTTTTTTTTT VIDEOS :) I WILL BE WATCHING FOR THE NEXT 5 MONTHS
This is so helpful :) I wish you were my mirco teacher!
Thank you alotfor making these videos. Keep it up!!
Professor you are awesome!!!
Thank you very much!
thank you so much! I learned a lot from your lectures...
TH-cam classes are so much better than these expensive online courses
very effective sir.....
I am taking Microbiology online as a prerequisite for nursing and your breakdown is helping a lot! thank you! I would like to know your opinion on the COVID-19 pathogen and it's effects on all systems of the body.
He’s from my city?! UWM!! Such a great instructor
Thank you for this video 🙏
Good lectures. Book he showed overstated earth age as 14 billion years. Earth age is about 4.5 bilion years. Sun is about 5 billion years old. Big bang started universe 12.x billion years ago.
great video
This is fantastic
Dear Professor Edward Kerschen
, What textbook do you reference in your Microbiology lectures? Thank you.
Well, I now know what I'll be doing in my free time for the foreseeable future
Thank you for information
Thank you very much Mister. you are a great lecturer :), your lectures help me a lot to study to my TOEFL exam :)
This is really helpful, thank you so much
Great video! Than you!!