Dino 101: Dinosaur Paleobiology

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This class is about dinosaurs and Paleobiology! I enjoyed taking this class, along with the class central cohort.

This class introduces an exciting field of research taught by the world expert paleontologist -- Prof. Phillip Currey and his research associates, from the University of Alberta. I never thought I would learn about dinosaurs from world experts, along with enthusiastic learners from around the world, and also get the opportunity to join an active cohort of like-minded learners from around the world organized by Class Central.

This class is suitable for cohort settings as well to learn by yourself to satisfy your curiosity about dinosaurs, how they lived, and also what the field of paleontology is like! There are many topics covered in this class and some of those are even related to our current times. So, this is a class for many types of learners. There is something interesting for everyone in this class!

This class was my first introduction to paleontology and I recommend this class to anyone interested in learning about this field of science, the history of dinosaurs, and having fun learning about a variety of dinosaurs, in general, that existed on earth!

A great class for lifelong learners on MOOCs!

As a graduate in geological sciences with a Masters attained in 1976, I found the course as a great updating of this aspect of geology. When I took Paleontology 210 at the University of Saskatchewan in 1975 it was mainly on invertebrates. So, this was an enlightening experience. I found the course dealt too much with biology and evolution. As a petroleum geologist, I found some of the theories difficult to envisage. But they did a great job presenting and explaining some of the new updated concepts in paleontology. As when I mentored for over thirty years in the field of geology, I would always tell the young geologists that when you think that you know something or theorize on a concept, old mother nature will turn and humble you with its own unique expertise. In this regard, they did explain that we do not know everything!!

What a great class! I loved it. It has a classic read first/lectures second format with the lectures complimenting not just reiterating the text. I especially liked the imbedded quizzes in the videos, although several have formatting problems (ex. "there may be more than one choice" and then only one choice is available to click).
A few other comments/suggestions:
*Some of the species discussions and endless dino names (especially lesson 11) were a bit overwhelming to this novice, but in the end they were not tested.
*The fossil viewer was a cool addition, but I didn't always see the relevance to what was being discussed.
*There were a fair number of negative questions in the assessments; I misread many of them (I suppose, though, that was on me).

Really good, digestible information to learn that sets a base line for paleontology. It is also a very small workload so anyone could fit it in. I personally finished half the class in one or two days and then procrastinated and started to finish it weekly by the time it caught up, so I know both ways of completing it are pretty good. Highly advise this course for any new paleo-geeks out there, and even if you already know most of this stuff, as I did, there is plenty of new little tidbits of information to latch onto. The format of the text and then the videos and then a small quiz is personally a little monotonous, but then again this is my first Coursera class so that may just be how it is normally. Still, I enjoyed it and would definitely advise it to other folks. Definitely a 4/5 for me.

It was a pleasure to learn from Phil Currie and Betsy Kruk. Alberta is such a rich resource for information about dinosaurs and knowing that a lot of the research is from local sites like Dinosaur Provincial Park made the material more relatable and interesting. I think this course had a fantastic surveying structure, covering many topics from naming dinosaurs and classifying dinosaurs, to evolution, the Geologic Time Scale, and extinction. Many of us learned about and really got into dinosaurs as kids, but there is a gap lasting several years until we are given the chance to learn about dinosaurs again. I highly recommend this course for anyone who has ever been interested in dinosaurs; after this course, you can comment on the fact and fiction about dinosaurs (and pop culture)!