Climate Change Course
Published: October 9, 2012
Updated: March 10, 2013, 10:35 pm
Climate Change, a topic that includes Global Warming, refers to the relatively abrupt shift in weather patterns during the last hundred years.
This free online course examines (a) the factors responsible for climate change; (b) the biological and sociological consequences of such changes; and (c) the possible engineering, economic, and legal solutions to avoid more extreme perturbations. It includes daily video mini-lectures, quizzes, exams, weekly assignments, a textbook, and readings. We are working on a system to recognize participants who successfully complete the course.
The interactive mini-lectures have several parts: a 3-minute video segment will start automatically; afterward click the forward arrow on the bottom left to take a quiz or play with a data visualization; next click the forward arrow to play another 3-minute video segment; then click it again to see another quiz or visualization, and so on until the credits for all the videos start to roll by. In total, the videos in each mini-lecture last about 12 minutes.
©2012, 2013 Arnold J. Bloom. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/
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Arnold J. Bloom became a botanist through a circuitous route. Upon receiving an undergraduate degree in Physics from Yale University, he spent several years developing computer models of the spread of air pollution over cities in the USA and Germany. He received a Ph.D. in Biological Sciences from Stanford University, where he also completed a two-semester course in Environmental Legislation at the Law School. He conducted postdoctoral research on the temperature responses of plants at the ... (Full Bio)
Climate Change, a topic that includes Global Warming, refers to the relatively abrupt shift in weather patterns during the last hundred years.
This free online course examines (a) the factors responsible for climate change; (b) the biological and sociological consequences of such changes; and (c) the possible engineering, economic, and legal solutions to avoid more extreme perturbations. It includes daily video mini-lectures, quizzes, exams, weekly assignments, a textbook, and readings. We are working on a system to recognize participants who successfully complete the course.
The interactive mini-lectures have several parts: a 3-minute video segment will start automatically; afterward click the forward arrow on the bottom left to take a quiz or play with a data visualization; next click the forward arrow to play another 3-minute video segment; then click it again to see another quiz or visualization, and so on until the credits for all the videos start to roll by. In total, the videos in each mini-lecture last about 12 minutes.
©2012, 2013 Arnold J. Bloom. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/
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Multiple choice questions for a midterm and final. |
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Midterm |
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Final |
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6 Comments
Add CommentTitilayo Soremi wrote:
Will a certificate be awarded from the University of California on course completion?
Samantha Rocknowski wrote:
Perhaps this question has an obvious answer that I am just missing, but am I supposed to sign up somewhere to take the course? If not, where/who do I actually submit the assignments to? Or is that not the objective?
Arnold J Bloom (Author) wrote:
For now and for the foreseeable future, the materials in the course are freely available for self-improvement. We are working on a system to recognize participants who complete the course. This course will soon be offered through one of the established free online universities. Also in the next few months, one will be able to take the course for University of California course credit upon (1) payment of tuition, (2) participation via webinar in synchronous discussion sections lead by an instructor, (3) submission of the weekly assignments graded by an instructor, and (4) taking of quizzes and a proctored midterm and final exam. University of California course credit is widely accepted for transfer to other universities and colleges.
Linda Nicholas-Figueroa wrote:
I would like to know if I can start this course now. If so, do I sign up somewhere? Linda
Colin Polsky wrote:
Hello, I downloaded the “Essay_1_Walkthrough_and_Tips.flv” file from the Exercise 1 page. Double-clicking the file launches a video that has no audio (the launched application, VLC, posts an error message saying 'audio won't work and you can't fix this problem.' What other video viewer works for *.flv files? Thanks, I really like this online resource.
Arnold J Bloom (Author) wrote:
Dear Colin, Thanks for finding this problem. I have now uploaded this video to YouTube and clicking on the link should bring you directly to it. Please let me know if you encounter any further issues.