_ The course has a maximum 5* rating and has been taken by learners from 120+ countries. The course was a Finalist of the 2018 edX Prize for Exceptional Contributions in Online Teaching and Learning and received an award for Teaching Innovation in E-Learning from the University of Hong Kong’s Faculty of Science. Ever wondered what it would be like to live in the world of dinosaurs? Yes? Well here’s your chance!_ Using the Late Cretaceous fossil site of Erlian, China as an example, we bring you to the Gobi desert, as well as leading international museums and institutions to find out how we reconstruct dinosaur ecosystems. This biology and life science course will focus on the knowledge we can gain from studying animals and plants. You will learn about a dinosaur’s biology including their appearance, classification and diet. We will take a close look at the mostly meat eating theropod dinosaurs, as well as the main plant eating dinosaurs, the sauropodomorphs and ornithischians. At the end of the course, you will learn how palaeontologists use fossil and modern evidence to reconstruct dinosaurs and their ecosystems. The course is brought to life with the help of award-winning palaeoartist Julius T. Csotonyi and is led by HKU’s vertebrate palaeontologist Dr Michael Pittman in collaboration with his esteemed colleague Professor Xu Xing of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Beijing. A range of guests from around the World will also share their expertise during the course. 本课程获得最高的5星评级，学员来自超过120多个国家/地区。本课程还入选2018年edX大奖最后10强名单以表扬对网上教学和学习领域的杰出贡献，并获香港大学理学院电子学习教学创新奖。 想体验一下活在恐龙世界里是怎样吗? 参加我们的免费网上学习课程，感受与恐龙同行的震撼! 以中国二连浩特白垩纪晚期的化石地层作为一个例子,我们将带您来到戈壁沙漠、著名国际博物馆及研究所去探究我们如何重建恐龙的生态系统。 此生物及生命科学课程着重于研究动物和植物。您将会认到识恐龙生物学，包括恐龙的外观、分类和食物。我们将关注近乎全肉食性的兽脚类恐龙，以及主要的草食性恐龙、蜥脚形亚目和鸟臀目恐龙。在本课程的末段,您将会了解到古生物学家如何运用化石和现代的证据来重建恐龙和它们的生态系统。 本课程有赖屡获殊荣的古生物复原画家Julius T. Csotonyi的帮助才得以面世,并由香港大学古脊椎动物学家文嘉棋博士及北京古脊椎动物与古人类研究所徐星教授共同领导。世界各地不同领域的专家也将在本课程中分享他们的专业知识。 本課程的第一版獲得最高的5星評級，學員來自超過120多個國家。本課程還入選2018年edX大獎最後10強名單以表揚對網上教學和學習領域的傑出貢獻。終極大獎將於2018年11月在edX全球論壇上公佈。 想體驗一下活在恐龍世界裡是怎樣嗎? 參加我們的免費網上學習課程，感受與恐龍同行的震撼! 以中國二連浩特白堊紀晚期的化石地層作為一個例子, 我們將帶您來到戈壁沙漠、著名國際博物館及研究所去探究我們如何重建恐龍的生態系統。此生物及生命科學課程著重於研究動物和植物。您將會認到識恐龍生物學，包括恐龍的外觀、分類和食物。我們將關注近乎全肉食性的獸腳類恐龍，以及主要的草食性恐龍、蜥腳形亞目和鳥臀目恐龍。在本課程的末段, 您將會了解到古生物學家如何運用化石和現代的證據來重建恐龍和牠們的生態系統。本課程有賴屢獲殊榮的古生物復原畫家Julius T. Csotonyi的幫助才得以面世,並由香港大學古脊椎動物學家文嘉棋博士及北京古脊椎動物與古人類研究所徐星教授共同領導。世界各地不同領域的專家也將在本課程中分享他們的專業知識。

The course has a maximum 5* rating and has been taken by learners from 120+ countries. The course was a Finalist of the 2018 edX Prize for Exceptional Contributions in Online Teaching and Learning. Ever wondered what it would be like to live in the world of dinosaurs? Yes? Well here’s your chance! Using the Late Cretaceous fossil site of Erlian, China as an example, we bring you to the Gobi desert, as well as leading international museums and institutions to find out how we reconstruct dinosaur ecosystems. This biology and life science course will focus on the knowledge we can gain from studying animals and plants. You will learn about a dinosaur’s biology including their appearance, classification and diet. We will take a close look at the mostly meat eating theropod dinosaurs, as well as the main plant eating dinosaurs, the sauropodomorphs and ornithischians. At the end of the course, you will learn how palaeontologists use fossil and modern evidence to reconstruct dinosaurs and their ecosystems. The course is brought to life with the help of award-winning palaeoartist Julius T. Csotonyi and is led by HKU’s vertebrate palaeontologist Dr Michael Pittman in collaboration with his esteemed colleague Professor Xu Xing of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Beijing, and Dr Diego Pol of the Museo Paleontologico Egidio Feruglio, Trelew, Argentina. A range of guests from around the World will also share their expertise during the course. 本课程获得最高的5星评级，学员来自超过120多个国家/地区。本课程还入选2018年edX大奖最后10强名单以表扬对网上教学和学习领域的杰出贡献。 想体验一下活在恐龙世界里是怎样吗? 参加我们的免费网上学习课程，感受与恐龙同行的震撼! 以中国二连浩特白垩纪晚期的化石地层作为一个例子,我们将带您来到戈壁沙漠、著名国际博物馆及研究所去探究我们如何重建恐龙的生态系统。 此生物及生命科学课程着重于研究动物和植物。您将会认到识恐龙生物学，包括恐龙的外观、分类和食物。我们将关注近乎全肉食性的兽脚类恐龙，以及主要的草食性恐龙、蜥脚形亚目和鸟臀目恐龙。在本课程的末段,您将会了解到古生物学家如何运用化石和现代的证据来重建恐龙和它们的生态系统。 本课程有赖屡获殊荣的古生物复原画家Julius T. Csotonyi的帮助才得以面世,并由香港大学古脊椎动物学家文嘉棋博士、北京古脊椎动物与古人类研究所徐星教授及阿根廷古生物埃吉迪奧*費格奧博物館Diego Pol博士共同领导。世界各地不同领域的专家也将在本课程中分享他们的专业知识。 El curso posee una calificación máxima de 5* y ha sido tomado por personas de más de 120 países. El curso fue finalista en del "2018 edX Prize for Exceptional Contributions in Online Teaching and Learning". ¿Alguna vez te preguntaste cómo sería vivir en el mundo de los dinosaurios? ¿Sí? ¡Bueno, ésta es tu oportunidad! Utilizando el yacimiento fosilífero de Erlian (China) como ejemplo, te llevamos al Desierto del Gobi y a museos e instituciones de diferentes países para mostrarte cómo reconstruimos los ecosistemas de los dinosaurios. Este curso de biología y ciencias de la vida se centrará en el conocimiento que Podemos obtener al estudiar animales y plantas. Aprenderás acerca de la biología de los dinosaurios, incluyendo su apariencia, clasificación y dieta. Examinaremos en detalle a los mayormente carnívoros dinosaurios terópodos, así como a los más importantes dinosaurios herbívoros, los sauropodomorfos y los ornitisquios. Al finalizar el curso, aprenderás cómo los paleontólogos utilizan el registro fósil y evidencia de animales vivientes para reconstruir a los dinosaurios y a sus ecosistemas. El curso revive a los dinosaurios con la ayuda del premiado paleoartista Julius T. Csotonyi y está guiado por Dr. Michael Pittman, paleontólogo de vertebrados de la HKU, en colaboración con grandes colegas como el Professor Xu Xing del Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (Beijing, China) y el Dr. Diego Pol del Museo Paleontológico Egidio Feruglio (Trelew, Argentina). También participan del curso una gran cantidad de invitados de diferentes partes del mundo, quienes comparten su conocimiento sobre los dinosaurios.

欢迎同学们参加《现代生物学导论》的学习。在本学期中，我们将学习和生命相关的基础和前沿知识。本课程首先按照层层递进的框架结构，解释生物学的基本理论：在分子和细胞水平上，我们将会学习细胞的结构、生长、分裂和细胞通讯；在个体水平上，学习遗传和发育原理；在种群水平上，将了解生物演化，即整个种群在世代间的渐变，通过自然选择最终导致了今天我们所见到的多种生物；在生物群落和生态系统的水平上，将学习生态学，研究生物体之间以及生物与环境之间如何相互作用。本课程还将具体探讨演化的产物---生物体，着重讨论其结构与功能，这是大部分学生最感兴趣也是最为重要的部分。 生物学是一门快速发展的学科，不仅仅体现在越来越多的生物学现象被发现和理解，也体现在新的生物学技术应用和学科交叉上。所以，本门课程特别注重了解包括基因治疗、干细胞研究、重组DNA、生物芯片等现代生物学前沿方面的最新进展。而且，将会讨论生物学和物理、化学、数学、计算机、心理学等学科的交叉应用。生物学同时也是一门实验科学，我们将会介绍一些经典的、有趣的、甚至是有争议的生物学实验及其设计，希望同学们在学习的同时培养批判性的思维。本门课程的课堂教学追求通俗易懂，宏观与微观紧密联系，基础与应用相结合，帮助同学们加深对生命科学基本概念和原理的理解，引导学生树立正确的科学态度。 This introductory course includes the fundamental principles of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and cell biology. Biological function at the molecular level is particularly emphasized and covers the structure and regulation of genes, as well as, the structure and synthesis of proteins, how these molecules are integrated into cells, and how these cells are integrated into multicellular systems and organisms. In addition, each version of the subject has its own distinctive material. All these knowledge are applied to more advanced subjects, like immunology, neurobiology, endocrinology and human behavior. This course also focuses on the exploration of current research in cell biology, immunology, neurobiology, genomics, and molecular medicine.