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11 Dec 2018

Dr Michael Pittman being selected as the Finalist for the edX course “Dinosaur Ecosystem”

    Dr Michael Pittman received the 2018 edX Prize Finalist Certificate

    Dr Michael Pittman received the 2018 edX Prize Finalist Certificate

    The massive open online course “Dinosaur Ecosystem” designed and instructed by Dr Michael Pittman, Research Assistant Professor of the Department of Earth Sciences, was selected as one of the ten finalists for the 2018 edX Prize for Exceptional Contributions in Online Teaching and Learning at The edX Global Forum 2018.

     

    The course brought learners to a global adventure to learn how palaeontologists use animal and plant fossils as well as living forms to reconstruct dinosaur ecosystems. The first edition of the course received a maximum 5* rating and was taken by more than 17,000 learners from five to eighty years old from over 120 countries.

     

    Congratulations to Dr Pittman for his being awarded for the dedication in the course.

     

    For more information about the edX Prize, please click here.

     

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    Dr Pittman attending The edX Global Forum 2018 at Boston.

     

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    The edX course "Dinosaur Ecosystems" (please click here to go to the course page)