We currently face unprecedented challenges on a global scale. These problems do not neatly fall into disciplines. They are complicated, complex, and connected. Join us on this epic journey of 13.8 billion years starting at the Big Bang and travelling through time all the way to the future. Discover the connections in our world, the power of collective learning, how our universe and our world has evolved from incredible simplicity to ever-increasing complexity. Experience our modern scientific origin story through Big History and discover the important links between past, current, and future events. You will find two different types of lectures. ‘Zooming In’ lectures from multiple specialists enable you to understand key concepts through the lens of different disciplines, whilst David Christian's ‘Big History Framework’ lectures provide the connective overview for a journey through eight thresholds of Big History.
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14時間で修了
Big History, Critical Thinking, & Transdisciplinarity
Welcome to Big History! This is where we use the power of a transdisciplinary perspective to explore broad trends in the grand narrative of 13.8 billion years. In this module you'll learn how Big History works, explore critical-thinking, how we know what we know, and learn about the first "3 Thresholds of Increasing Complexity", milestones around which Big History is organized, starting at the beginning of the Universe, space, time, and everything in existence.
5件のビデオ （合計45分）, 15 readings, 2 quizzes
5件のビデオ
ZOOMING IN: Richard Menary - What is the relationship between historical & scientific explanation?5 分
ZOOMING IN: Jenny Duke-Yonge - How do we decide what to believe?9 分
BIG HISTORY FRAMEWORK: David Christian - How did our Universe get more complex?14 分
BIG HISTORY FRAMEWORK: David Baker - Big History, Critical Thinking, & Transdisciplinarity6 分
15件の学習用教材
Resources10 分
Glossary10 分
How This Course Works10 分
The Big History Forums10 分
International Undergraduate Scholarship Opportunity10 分
The Big History Bonus Points Scheme10 分
Resources10 分
Timeline10 分
Glossary10 分
Resources10 分
Glossary10 分
Resources10 分
Timeline10 分
Glossary10 分
LOOKING BACK, LOOKING FORWARD: David Baker - Starting Out10 分
2の練習問題
Big History, Critical Thinking, Transdisciplinarity14 分
Claim Testers2 分
週
25時間で修了
The Universe, Stars, and Planets
Our journey across space and time has begun. In this module, in a timeline that covers billions of years, we'll explore the origins of the universe, new stars & elements, and the solar system. You'll have the opportunity to examine cosmology, astronomy, physics, chemistry, and geology.
9件のビデオ （合計82分）, 22 readings, 2 quizzes
9件のビデオ
ZOOMING IN: Quentin Parker - What is the observable evidence for the Big Bang?9 分
ZOOMING IN: Quentin Parker - How do we know how stars form?10 分
ZOOMING IN: Ian Jamie - Where did the elements come from?6 分
ZOOMING IN: Ian Jamie - What is the periodic table?9 分
BIG HISTORY FRAMEWORK: David Christian - Why is Threshold 4 significant?8 分
ZOOMING IN: Craig O'Neill - How did the solar system form?17 分
ZOOMING IN: Dick Flood - What is our Earth's history and how do we know it?13 分
BIG HISTORY FRAMEWORK: David Baker - The Universe, Stars, & Planets4 分
22件の学習用教材
Resources10 分
Timeline10 分
Glossary10 分
Resources10 分
Timeline10 分
Glossary10 分
Resources10 分
Timeline10 分
Glossary10 分
Resources10 分
Timeline10 分
Glossary10 分
Resources10 分
Timeline10 分
Glossary10 分
Resources10 分
Timeline10 分
Glossary10 分
Resources10 分
Timeline10 分
Glossary10 分
LOOKING BACK, LOOKING FORWARD: David Baker - From the Inanimate Universe to Life10 分
2の練習問題
The Universe, Stars, and Planets24 分
Claim Testers2 分
週
35時間で修了
The Evolutionary Epic
Travel through the evolutionary epic from the origin of life c.3.8 billion years ago, the evolution of complex forms after c.550 million years ago, to the evolution of some very odd primates - humans. Zoom in and explore evolutionary biology, geology, palaeontology, and anthropology.
8件のビデオ （合計72分）, 21 readings, 2 quizzes
8件のビデオ
ZOOMING IN: Michael Gillings - Where did life come from?7 分
ZOOMING IN: Simon George - How do we get dates for Earth's history?13 分
ZOOMING IN: Michael Gillings - How does evolution work?9 分
ZOOMING IN: Glenn Brock - How do palaeontologists study the history of life?10 分
BIG HISTORY FRAMEWORK: David Christian - Why is Threshold 6 important?8 分
ZOOMING IN: Greg Downey - Why did our ancestors evolve such unusual abilities?11 分
BIG HISTORY FRAMEWORK: David Baker - The Evolutionary Epic2 分
21件の学習用教材
Resources10 分
Timeline10 分
Glossary10 分
Resources10 分
Timeline10 分
Glossary10 分
Resources10 分
Glossary10 分
Resources10 分
Timeline10 分
Glossary10 分
Resources10 分
Timeline10 分
Glossary10 分
Resources10 分
Timeline10 分
Glossary10 分
Resources10 分
Timeline10 分
Glossary10 分
LOOKING BACK, LOOKING FORWARD: David Baker - The "Two Cultures" Meet10 分
2の練習問題
The Evolutionary Epic30 分
Claim Testers2 分
週
44時間で修了
Human History
After billions of years of cosmic evolution, our own rather peculiar species has emerged to cultivate even greater heights of increasing complexity. In this module, we will explore the long trend of human development from the origin of our species c.200,000 years ago to the eve of the Industrial Revolution. You will explore archaeology, paleography, and ancient, medieval, and early modern history.
7件のビデオ （合計61分）, 15 readings, 2 quizzes
7件のビデオ
BIG HISTORY FRAMEWORK: David Christian - Why is Threshold 7 important?11 分
ZOOMING IN: Susanne Binder - Where did writing come from?9 分
CASE STUDY: Susanne Binder - Reading Hieroglyphs3 分
ZOOMING IN: Peter Edwell - What were the Silk Roads?12 分
BIG HISTORY FRAMEWORK: David Christian - What were the main changes in agrarian civilizations?11 分
BIG HISTORY FRAMEWORK: David Baker - Human History3 分
15件の学習用教材
Resources10 分
Timeline10 分
Glossary10 分
Resources10 分
Timeline10 分
Glossary10 分
Resources10 分
Timeline10 分
Glossary10 分
Resources10 分
Timeline10 分
Glossary10 分
Resources10 分
Glossary10 分
LOOKING BACK, LOOKING FORWARD: David Baker - Collective Learning's "Snowball Effect"10 分
2の練習問題
Human History20 分
Claim Testers2 分
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Finally! A creation myth based on evidence and multiple scientific disciplines for all humans is here! The time for stories based on speculation and superstition for the chosen group is finally over.
Very informative, cross and inter-disciplinary course. Lot of effort is put into formulating and developing the course. Thanks for all the people who have contributed to run the course successfully.
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David Christian
ProfessorBig History Institute
David Baker
Associate LecturerBig History Institute
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