SL
Jan 1, 2021
This course was practical, informative and presented in an engaging manner. Anyone who wants to increase their science literacy or brush up their skills will find this course valuable.
AG
Aug 26, 2021
A course that is fit for the times. Excellent resource for teachers like myself to help develop ideas to help high school students develop scientific and critical literacy.
By Chris T
•May 1, 2023
While the material is vital, especially in this age of misinformation the way it's been packaged, the way it's not been updated or checked to see if links are working or if pdfs are readable makes this a hard-to-recommend course.
The video's from the University of Alberta are fantastic. Many of the other videos could be skipped. The quizzes require reworking to ensure the relevant information happens before the quiz (not the pre-reflection quizzes). The drag-and-drop activities while interesting are often too convoluted to be of any value.
By Santiago d l T
•Mar 4, 2022
Es bastante tedioso. Me hubiera gustado que fuera más resumido, que no se repitiera tanto el contenido, que no fuera tan sesgado y que no hubiera tantas contradicciones. Pero es un punto de partida para complementar con otro curso.
By Bev W
•Jan 29, 2021
There is so much wrong with this course. It needs to be thoroughly reviewed for spelling, grammar and coherence. The "drag and drop" learning exercises are especially useless--badly written and confusing. It's like they were developed by a drunken TA at 3 a.m. The videos were mostly just talking torsos (hide those bra straps please!) and waving arms. The inclusion of indigenous perspectives was perfunctory. The use of dumbed-down "kiddie" versions of scientific papers was just insulting. The lack of examples to illustrate concepts was a real shortcoming. The course designers need expertise in pedagogy and curriculum development. The whole experience was a head-shaking, eyeball-rolling, teeth-grinding ordeal. I persisted only because I'd paid for "certificate" option.
By Deleted A
•Jan 11, 2021
If I could leave zero stars I would. I can imagine later in the course there is other interesting content that would help me increase my understanding of science. The course creators decided to include tons of content that is inaccessible to read aloud programs. I have a learning disability and rely on a mix of visual and auditory to understand what I am reading. A good chunk, once you reach week two is drag and drop that is incompatible and than what is noted to be an important reading isn't compatible either. I am a bit mad because this is a class supposedly for beginners and inclusive but not if you aren't neurotypical.
By Tomas N
•Jun 21, 2022
This course has lots of good ingredients. The instructors are amazing. The interviews are great. However. The reading material is so confusing, and not really tailored to the course. The student activity modules are absolutely terrible - again the ideas are great, but the material cannot be saved, downloaded or even printed! I think that this course could benefit from a big redo: First, find new and better reading material. Second, leverage the technology so that the student activities can be actually viewed and saved.
By Leonardo M (
•Feb 22, 2024
I really appreciated how the course included thoughts and perspectives and insights into how traditions and indigenous knowledge or wisdom can be helpful to science and how they can hold some scientific value and significance. On the other hand, quizzes and tests were in most cases poorly constructed, and the students would be presented with subjective questions that being subjective just simply can't be graded, and the "correct" answers were forced and arbitrary in some cases.
By Michelle H
•Jan 16, 2021
Despite this being a course on science literacy - presumably for those not so literate, it is not user friendly. Some sorting activities are so unwieldy as to be of no practical use. Some quiz sentences/questions are so long and dense as to be virtually unintelligible. I attended a class once where a fellow student described the instructional process as "pedagogical abuse"; I was reminded of this comment when attempting this course.
By Ron S
•Aug 16, 2022
Poorly designed and executed. A jumble of modules without the appropriate context. The effort to square "holistic" folk knowledge with science is weak and an excercise in political correctness. The topic is important, but this exposition is not worth your time.
By Patricia B
•Dec 18, 2022
crashed two days in a row course seemed interesting