Learner Reviews & Feedback for Astrobiology and the Search for Extraterrestrial Life by The University of Edinburgh
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MP
Apr 24, 2024
From a non biological science background perspective-->Explained nicely, got to know new things which is totally different from the fiction portrayed by media and other sources.
GK
Feb 7, 2019
Excellent course for learning basic concepts of Astrobiology. It covers various topics including microbiology, history, and social implications of finding extraterrestrial intelligence.
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By Sue C
•Nov 13, 2015
Very interesting material and well explained, but videos are quite plain - borderline boring.
By Michael N
•May 23, 2020
Too old, very out of date.
By SAMUEL K
•Dec 31, 2017
Please Update the course!
By Antariksha M
•Sep 10, 2019
Happy to learn
By Philip M P
•Feb 13, 2017
good
By Kevin E
•Oct 24, 2020
The course explained a lot about how life evolved to what it is now. It also touched on some minute details about the search for extra-terrestrial life. However, it seems to me that the bigger picture in this course is missing. I feel that the topics for extraterrestrial life should have been explained and expounded some more. Many of us know that we are not alone in the universe. And there have been both documented and undocumented evidences and claims of encounters with otherwordly intelligences like physical humanoid beings and their ships. Certain protocols like remote viewing and the so called 'close encounters of the fifth kind (CE-5)' are also being utilized by many and are getting favorable results. For me this course could do better. To get a certificate like this is quite rare. I hope the content of this course, especially on extraterrestrial evidence and life would be expanded and be discussed more openly in the future
By Eddie H
•May 22, 2020
Very shallow information on a wide variety of topics. Course should have been 3x as long so it had time to dig into the subject. Test questions were easy and more like trivia questions since there was so little material to draw from. If I had not paid for it, I would have stopped after the first week.
By louise c
•Aug 24, 2015
The material could be exciting but the presentation is dull. The pass mark on the quizzes is around 80%. As these courses are supposed to be for interest why do you need 80% to pass?
By Dimitar B
•Aug 18, 2015
The pronunciation of the lector was more than awful! His English is quite unsuitable for video lectures! It was just a torture listening to him!
By Muhammad T M
•Nov 12, 2018
USELESS COURSE..........
THERE IS JUST 1-2 MCQS IN QUIZ FROM VIDEO LECTURES...ALL OTHER ARE BASED UPON ADVANCED BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION .........NOTHING IN THIS COURSE TO LEARN..........TIME WASTING..
By Simone A
•Nov 30, 2025
this course is more than 15y old! terrible
By alicia j
•Sep 13, 2015
Instructor was boring