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About the Course

Dino 101: Dinosaur Paleobiology is a 12-lesson course teaching a comprehensive overview of non-avian dinosaurs. Topics covered: anatomy, eating, locomotion, growth, environmental and behavioral adaptations, origins and extinction. Lessons are delivered from museums, fossil-preparation labs and dig sites. Estimated workload: 3-5 hrs/week....

Top reviews

JH

Apr 5, 2017

Thank you for this excellent course! I really enjoyed the short videos, the concise notes, and quick quizzes (both at the end of each lesson, as well as the main point quizzes throughout the videos).

PM

Oct 17, 2020

Even as a dinosaur nerd, I still learned a lot. Instructional videos with embedded quizzes were very well constructed. I'm just a bit bummed that I couldn't access the fossil viewer for some reason.

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By Brianne S

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Oct 2, 2017

I thought this course had a lot of interesting information and I learned a lot from it. Some of the material was little to complicated for me to understand when I went over it the first time.

By Tracy P

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Jun 2, 2021

I really enjoyed the class. I learned a lot and was corrected some things. My only issues with this course were with the quizzes not work some times and the fossil viewer not work at all.

By Inda I

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Nov 25, 2020

Well done, nicely organized, easy to go at your own pace. Perhaps hits vocabulary too much. I'd rather have a stronger paleoecology componet. Still, very enjoyable and full of stories.

By romain p

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May 1, 2020

It was very interresting and I learned many things, but I think you could use of more pictures in the PDF of the courses... (maps, phylogeny, drawing of bones ...) Thank you for all ;)

By Tristan B

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Jul 28, 2021

It was good, but I wish the quiz was longer at the end of all the weeks. it was only five questions so if you got one wrong you get eighty. it would be better with say, 10 questions.

By Sabina O

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Nov 13, 2020

Lots of information to take in but very well presented using examples, showing fossils, referencing existing animals. The terms were clear and easy enough to understand.

By Mikenzie C

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Apr 23, 2020

On the last quiz of the class, it said all of the answers were wrong. There was no right answer but there wasnt an option to put that! Otherwise, great class:)

By Project T

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Apr 19, 2022

I think having the definitions up of key words on the screen so students could pause would be beneficial, other than that I enjoyed and learned a lot from it.

By Samantha J E

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Mar 9, 2018

It was fun! The questions in the middle of the video were good to maintain attention, although a few of them seemed out of place. Over all a good experience.

By Paula B

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Apr 17, 2021

Lots of fun and I learned a lot. However, I was never able to get the fossil viewer working, which was a great shame. Thank you to the team of Dino 101.

By Joshua F K

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May 24, 2021

A great educational course, this course helped me learn more about what I love. A definent recomendation although slightly challenging at some points.

By Lys B

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May 19, 2017

Very interesting course, sometimes there was too much information but it proved that this course is complete and from very clever sources.

By Rubén D B

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Jul 13, 2020

Most of the question segments in between the video did not show the images that were shown, making it difficult to answer some of them

By Leonardo M

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Aug 22, 2018

The first part is far more interesting than the second one. A good MOOC, not too hard, but still serious and full of notions.

By Alyx D

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Jun 14, 2018

Super informative I loved learning about the dinosaurs, however the delivery of the content was sometimes dry and boring

By Madelaine M

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Aug 29, 2022

Very interesting ! I liked the broad range of topics covered and throught the information was presented well.

By Jo S

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Jan 7, 2023

very interesting course. A bit heavy on scientific

names for dinosaurs, but I Suppose that’s to be expected.

By Rianna B

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May 28, 2017

The videos are entertaining but if the pdf is read through, its simple enough to take and pass the quiz.

By Sara P

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Oct 20, 2020

Great comprehensive lessons. Wish they had started with the last 3 lessons as the introduction.

By Andrea f

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Dec 21, 2016

very fun, informative and interesting. definitely recommend to any one interested in dinosaurs

By Marie D B

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Apr 23, 2024

It was really fun, the things we saww was not always my cup of te but I did really like it

By Maiju T

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Nov 2, 2022

Lot of the links provided in the texts are dead now but otherwise a fantastic course

By Sarah H

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Nov 13, 2018

Easy to follow and complete -- which there were reminders as to when things were due

By Andres A

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Sep 27, 2017

Los exámenes al final de cada modulo deberían ser un poco más complicados.