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.

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.

T​oo 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.

The course content was good but the instructor panache of teaching was very impassive and he should also explain the concepts in a better way

There is a very technical portion to this class making it difficult for the neophyte to truly understand and explain course content.

some of the content was interesting. the lectures were horrendous.

Quizzes were so poorly designed that there was no way to pass them. Material was great, but the course has not been updated, which is a pity,

this horse was boring as hell. Not only was the information something you would in high school and very self-explanatory, but the instructor was monotonous and had no life in him whatsoever. Anyone can learn how to do this course. Although the questions in the last quiz in module for more marked wrong even though most of them would be right. The only two things you need to know about the Arctic it's freezing and miserable, and also you don't need a course like this to know about climate change. I wouldn't recommend this course anybody, unless you want to be and Arctic ecologist and freeze your ass off! Did d

This course needs more visual aids - particularly for some of the more complex material - and a diversity of presenters. The lack of both meant that I sometimes used the videos to put me to sleep...

Another issue - for which I bear significant responsibility - is that I expected the course to spend a lot more time on the human dimension of the Arctic. I discovered at the end that there are additional courses that cover this in more detail.