Surprisingly thorough course, although the lectures can be improved and more material can be included in the lecture notes. I personally wasn't keen on watching the lecture material and only studies the notes, maybe a point to improve.

This course was great, but I can't find the other UArctic courses mentioned, particularly the one about Arctic Cultures! I would love to learn more, any info would be much appreciated!

I found the course informative, but the quizzes to be a problem as there were too many multiple answers, so was near impossible to complete the quizzes correctly

Good course, very informative.

Professor was a little stiff, but this is the first MOOC I've ever taken - so maybe that's the way you have to teach.

Nice overview, gives a good appreciation for changes happening in the Arctic. Sometimes the lecture material is a bit dry and repetitive/slow.

A very good review of the main topics related to the Arctic and climate change. Final lesson tests are sometimes confusing.

The content was good and very instructive but the videos and graphic material could be more dynamic and interactive.

It was a very good course. All of the topics were explained perfectly for anyone to understand. Very pleased.

Very well organized and presented. Good visual aids accompanying the lectures. Highly recommended.

Great introduction to the artic region, its people, economy, environment and global importance.

very good information, but the presentor speaks as if addressing a group of small children

it was a very informative course. The presenter was easy to listen too and likeable.

Very interesting. Easy to understand. Prof seemed very enthusiastic about the topic.

Love the open-book quizzes but hate the time limit as someone with test anxiety

very informative and thorough, though some videos were a bit too long

This is very well informed course about Arctic sea-ice. Thank you.

Difficult course as not a scientist but explained well.

Great introduction to the arctic.

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The course content was very interesting, however, the way it was presented was very dull and monotonous. The script was great - very insightful and informative, but having the presenter talk for the whole lecture without more frequent use of diagrams, figures, etc. to help understand the concepts is not helpful and incomprehensible to me. Specially when it comes to a course with so much geographical content, it would be good to have a more consistent depiction of maps. Furthermore, with all the new concepts, visual aid would help students understand what things are and what they look like since the backgrounds chosen for the lectures have little or nothing to do with the course whatsoever.

On the other hand, I do think that the questions throughout the videos are extremely useful as they (usually) tackle problems that were not mentioned previously and gets the student to think independently. Finally, the end of lesson tests always have one or two challenging questions which is great. This course has a 5 star potential, so I hope the reviews are being read so they can work towards that goal!

I very much understand the course material may be "dry" at times and difficult for the instructor to keep the attention of the student(s) focused. However, at times during the course, the material was a bid much in the sense that the presentation made it very difficult to follow along and completely understand the material - monotone presentation. Perhaps the material could have been described by more examples and made more understandable. On a technical front, the audio went out in video 4.2b between 12:07 and

The information was rather basic but good for an introduction. The biggest issue I had with the course was the way the instructor presented the material. The voice inflections made me feel like I was sitting in an elementary school class. It was clear the instructor was reading from a script. A more conversational speaking approach would have been much more effective.

Too many technical terms for the lay person who wants to understand the basic information. Dates of studies were often old. More current studies or predictions would be helpful. Size comparisons to things that are more understandable who help to understand the magnitute. Using only metric and centigrade numbers is lost for those who don't use them regularly.

A lot of good information, but the presentation is lacking. I was glad that the notes were available for each secion. However, I think it could have been presented better than the presenter just reading to us with pretty backgrounds.

Important information but I did not enjoy the presentation of the material, how it was read by the professor. Would prefer more organic (casual) speech.