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About the Course

This course was produced by the Algae Technology Educational Consortium and UC San Diego with funding from the Algae Foundation, the National Renewable Energy Lab, and the U.S. Department of Energy. Algae are an extremely diverse group of organisms that can be found in almost every ecosystem on the planet, and they play an essential role for life on earth. They are little bio-factories that use the process of photosynthesis to create chemical compounds that we can utilize for food, feed, medicine, and even energy. We’ve brought together some of foremost algae experts from industry and academia to teach you the fundamentals of algae. This course will cover what algae are, why they are important, and why we are interested in them for both their environmental benefit, as well as their use for products. You will also explore the vast diversity of algae including the characteristics and applications of some of the main types of algae that are in commercial use today. Later you will learn about algal ecology and how interactions with environment, including pests and predators, affect algal productivity. And finally you will examine the processes of algae bio-manufacturing including production processes, as well as some of the products, benefits, and challenges that impact our ability to make commercially viable products from algae....

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MK

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this is cool, i wish could open an edible macroalgae oil extraction factory as my vision is to open a strat-up, thank you coursera and all the instructor for brought the course for free.

FK

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The course provided my first babysteps into the world of kelps/seaweed & was very interesting. However I would have loved to see a more clear split between micro & macroalgae.

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By Mamta R

Apr 16, 2019

very useful

By Caroline T V

Nov 30, 2020

Buen curso

By Deyvid W S O

Sep 30, 2020

I love it!

By MAHBOOB I

Dec 15, 2019

excellence

By Johanna S

Jun 29, 2022

EXcelente

By GEMAR A M

Dec 9, 2020

Excellent

By Arthur L L d S

Sep 13, 2020

I loved!!

By Poushali G

Jul 16, 2020

Excellent

By Dr. k p y

May 19, 2020

thank you

By Federico D P

Apr 18, 2020

Excelent!

By Ivo A

Oct 6, 2022

Perfect

By DanCorbett

Nov 5, 2018

superb

By Teo C L

Mar 6, 2018

Good !

By Zubair S

Oct 11, 2019

Algae

By AMUDALA S V

Jul 16, 2022

GOOD

By Sathyaprakash

Jun 16, 2022

good

By Ashwin R

Jul 23, 2020

cool

By Jiacheng S

Jun 10, 2019

good

By Ashok

Jun 29, 2020

Nil

By Enitan O

May 19, 2022

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By Mr. S V Y

Feb 24, 2022

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By Ahmed A

Jul 2, 2022

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By AJ J

Sep 17, 2022

I liked this course a lot! It's very interesting, and as a biology major it has really made me interested in including algae in my career. I think ways the course could have been better is if the final test had different version to do if you failed the first one. I think that would be a better determinant of people's knowledge acquired from the course. On another note, I really appreciated the Learning Outcomes lists for each video. And I liked each of the presenters and their slides, but I did wish they could have pointed to things on the slides or could have circled or highlighted things as they talked about them (because it can be hard to keep track of what they are talking about in the complex diagrams). Thanks for making this course! I'll probably do the next one on Algae Biotech sometime.

By hatef s

Mar 11, 2021

I learned things that would not be possible without participating in this course. The least is how to keep the pool in my farm cleaner using some fish. Now I know what "vegetable oil" means, and what is the difference between vegetable oil and canola or corn or other plant based oils. I rate the course 4, and not 5, because not every presentation were as energetic and encouraging as the one with professor Burkart. There are others who are very prominent scientists, but not good teachers, giving dole and monotone lectures. As an example, professor Levine, or professor Hazlebeck. To sum up, the course is good planed, and presented nicely. I recommend it to any one who wants to learn about algae.

By Javier G M

Feb 16, 2021

El curso me ha encantado. Toca bastantes puntos de las microalgas para dar ideas generales y explica bastante bien los detalles básicos sobre las algas, sus características y su interés.

Quizás me hubiese gustado que en el curso hubiese indagado más sobre algunas especies de algas concretas, a modo de ejemplos, y hay veces en las que los ponentes hacen referencia a cosas que supuestamente han dicho otros ponentes anteriores y en realidad no han mencionado. No obstante, en general el curso está bastante bien y es muy completo.