DG
Nov 27, 2021
I really enjoyed this archaeoastronomy course. Professor Magli demonstrated outstanding knowledge of the subject, and was so generous in sharing his expertise through videos of worldwide locations.
ID
Mar 2, 2019
Amazingly made MOOC. Perhaps it feels a bit short in comparison to some of the others, but the material is well presented and the suggested readings give plenty of opportunity for further learning.
By Amy B
•Apr 24, 2018
Fascinating topic and information. Love the way the speaker shows up on site! Quizzes were really difficult.
By Robert M
•Jan 26, 2021
Very well done with good balance of visual, video, and text explanations. Solid lecturer. Very pleased.
By Andrés R
•Aug 1, 2017
!Excelente¡ aunque si no manejas el vocabulario astronómico se puede volver un tanto complicado...
By Rosa M F R
•Sep 6, 2021
molt interesant i amb una durada de videos que facilita l'aprenentatge dels elements importants
By Alexandre N
•May 26, 2021
Very good introduction to the discipline, but it requires strong knowledge / work on Astronomy
By Neil W
•Feb 26, 2021
Pretty hardcore in some parts, but still a very interesting and thought provoking course.
By Vasana M
•Nov 13, 2020
This course is very interesting. It would be good to join a course on South Asia as well.
By Doria A
•Dec 25, 2021
Very good course. I just wish it would extend further, as envisioned in the last video.
By Sachin B
•Aug 24, 2024
Always forgetting Indian astrology and architecture, but it was informative course
By Nitesh G
•Sep 24, 2020
The course length could have been more long, since this is a wast subject
By VIDHUKRISHNA C U
•Jun 4, 2020
A course which gives fascinating relation between stones and stars
By julio c t g
•Apr 6, 2020
Very interesting. I would likke this course to have a longer time
By Ines G
•Feb 20, 2018
Very interestig. Sometimes the English was hard to grasp.
By Gerardo S
•Nov 14, 2018
bueno pero falta una traducción completa al español
By Fateme N S
•Aug 5, 2023
useful course with interesting point of view
By David K
•Jan 8, 2022
helpful and comprehensive, I learned alot
By Kelly L S
•Sep 2, 2020
Very interesting but hard!!
By Anne H
•Jan 22, 2018
Brief but extremely complex
By Christopher F
•Dec 27, 2019
Great introductory course.
By Harshit S
•May 6, 2020
Nice learning experience!
By Richard K
•May 26, 2017
interesting perspective
By Litty C
•May 21, 2020
informative.
By Amairani R F
•Apr 10, 2019
muy bueno
By Yasin A
•Nov 26, 2020
سهر غوت
By Shirley G
•Jan 14, 2021
(1) Week 1 was entirely too hard for a beginner. That week and throughout the course, he introduced terms and did not define them. And, wow, in Week 7, when he got into mathematical formulas and had these symbols I had never seen before, I could not follow it at all. Two terms he used frequently were azimuth and declination. I didn't even know what azimuth meant until Week 7 when I decided to look it up on the Internet. If I had known earlier, some things might have made more sense. I looked up declination but couldn't figure out what it was, even with the definition.
(2) The tests were a joke! I have taught social studies classes, grades 7-12, for 25 years and taught Earth Science at a university for 4 years. I know how to create a good test of the material I wanted my students to know. These course tests seemed to pick out the most obscure part of the lesson, not the important points. And you never did find out the right answer if you missed one.
(3) I'm sorry, but he was difficult to understand. I'd read the transcript first and then watch the video with captions, but his inflection and mispronunciation still made it difficult to follow.
(4) I did like the photographs and the way it looked like he was actually standing at the sites. That was cool.
I have taken several online courses through Coursera and other places, but I did not enjoy this one at all. I had an in-person 3-day workshop on Archeoastronomy years ago at Kampsville, Illinois, and really liked it, so I was looking forward to this course. But it did not live up to my expectations.