Award-nominated Dinosaur Course Rerunning This Month
5 Oct 2018, Fri
A Gigantoraptor (from course video)
After being nominated for the edX Prize for Exceptional Contributions in Online Teaching and Learning, the course Dinosaur Ecosystems by The University of Hong Kong (HKU) is rerunning on 7 Oct 2018.
The MOOC, instructed by HKU’s vertebrate palaeontologist Dr. Michael Pittman in collaboration with his esteemed colleague Professor Xu Xing of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, will virtually take learners to Erlian, Inner Mongolia, and leading museums and institutions to explore dinosaur biology, how palaeontologists reconstruct ancient ecosystems, and the traits and significance of a Late Cretaceous dinosaur ecosystem.
The Dinosaur Ecosystems course was first offered in February 2017 and attracted a huge enrollment of 8,996 learners from over 100 countries. According to HKU, the dinosaur MOOC was the first of its kind in Asia and the first MOOC offered by their Faculty of Science.
Dr. Michael Pittman, instructor of Dinosaur Ecosystems (from course video)
The rerunning course will still be free to access on edX, while a certificate can be obtained by completing the course and paying a fee of USD 50.
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