Open Climate 101 Online

Almost 3000 non-science major undergraduates at the University of Chicago have taken PHSC13400, Global Warming: Understanding the Forecast, since Ray Pierrehumbert and I (David Archer ) first developed it back in 1995. Since the publication of the textbook for the class in 2005 (and a much-cleaned-up 2nd edition now shipping), enrollment has gone through the roof, it’s all I’ve been able to teach the last few years, trying to keep up with demand. I hear it is the largest class on campus, with 4-500 students a year out of an annual class of only around 1400. Now the content of this class is being served to the internet world at large: Open Climate 101 . You can watch video lectures followed by quizzes to challenge and hopefully stimulate your understanding, and work your way through tutorials with interactive models and simple mathematical ideas. Actually all that stuff has...

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@stukeil » 01 Feb '12, 9pm
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@ForestofPeace » 28 Jan '12, 12pm
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@LukeScientiae » 23 Jan '12, 12am
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@Ar7Za » 18 Jan '12, 9pm
RT @BVerheggen: Interactive climate change course "Open Climate 101" by David Archer now online [link] incl videos, quizzes, models, etc
@BVerheggen » 18 Jan '12, 9pm
Interactive climate change course "Open Climate 101" by David Archer now online [link] incl videos, quizzes, models, etc
@arganoid » 18 Jan '12, 9am
RT @Tomasyn: Open Climate 101: A free online course in the science behind climate change [link]
@Tomasyn » 18 Jan '12, 3am
Open Climate 101: A free online course in the science behind climate change [link]
@Tomasyn » 18 Jan '12, 3am
RT @thepolicylass: Open Climate 101 Online [link] via @AddThis via Real Climate
@hengistmcstone » 17 Jan '12, 10pm
Thanks @RealClimate I am now an enrolled student in the University of Chicago Climate 101 (altho ive never been there) [link]
@jgeckel » 17 Jan '12, 9pm
Open Climate 101 Online [link] via @AddThis Interesting course anyone for discussion?
@adrianco » 17 Jan '12, 5am
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@ClaudiaGirrbach » 17 Jan '12, 1am
Need a refresher on climate change - popular course from Chicago U & Prof David Archer is now available Online [link]
@webwildink » 17 Jan '12, 1am
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@softgrasswalker » 17 Jan '12, 1am
Open Climate 101 Online [link] via @AddThis
@climateinfo » 17 Jan '12, 12am
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@JosOlivier » 16 Jan '12, 7pm
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@apollo18 » 16 Jan '12, 7pm
RT @mankoff: Free and open climate classes online taught by expert climatologists: [link]
@ManOrMoose » 16 Jan '12, 6pm
A gift of open learning - Open #Climate 101 Online now available to the internet at large: [link]
@mankoff » 16 Jan '12, 5pm
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@joabbess » 16 Jan '12, 4pm
@usuallylois The U. of Chicago video talk series is by my hero David Archer, and there's lots of interest [link] #climate
@NimrodScott » 16 Jan '12, 3pm
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@ChicagoCleanE » 16 Jan '12, 3pm
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@GlowormInsights » 16 Jan '12, 2pm
Wow, this looks great! U of Chicago course now avail online [link] Global Warming: Understanding the Forecast
@carbonmeme » 16 Jan '12, 2pm
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@EarthKnowledge » 16 Jan '12, 2pm
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