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A History of the World since 1300

Jeremy Adelman

This course will examine the ways in which the world has grown more integrated yet more divided over the past 700 years.

Announcements

Submitting and evaluating essays

The deadline for submitting essays is 6:00 pm this Sunday, Princeton/New York time. The assignment will no longer be available thereafter. An hour after that, at 7:00 pm, students can return to the “Writing Assignments” page to begin evaluating essays from students on the same assignment that they have chosen to write. Students have one week to assess 5 papers using the rubric that will become available with the essays they will review; they can also review their own work before the assessment period ends. 

The Second Assignment will become available after the assessment period ends.

Sun 7 Oct 2012 4:03:00 PM PDT

Global Dialogue 2

The conversation with Professors Molly Greene and Anthony Grafton can now be viewed under Video Lectures here:

https://class.coursera.org/wh1300-2012-001/lecture/index

Fri 5 Oct 2012 8:54:00 PM PDT

Forums: Reading Threads from Newest to Oldest (or the other way around)

Coursera has made it possible to read the threads from newest to oldest. You can also read from the oldest to newest. After the initial posting, you will see blue highlighted options. Choose which sequence you prefer. Also, feel free to vote on threads so people can choose to follow the more popular threads if they want to proceed that way. Also, very important, if you are going to add to a thread, please make your voice as a "REPLY TO A THREAD" not a "COMMENT" unless of course you are directly responding to one person. This is especially the case after the initial post or question (because that page will itself get quite large). Thank you.

Sat 29 Sep 2012 5:48:00 PM PDT

This Week's Global Dialogue

This week's Global Dialogue is available now Video Lectures page. Thank you.

Thu 27 Sep 2012 4:10:00 AM PDT

Tips for quizzes

Here are some tips for dealing with the quizzes in the lectures. Since they are meant to “activate” you, you have to think about the question and what it is posing. 

1. Don’t assume because it is “multiple choice” that there is one answer or a best answer. Go through all the possible answers and explain to yourself why each option works or does not work. The point is to reason with yourself. 

2. Pay attention to the format of the question. There are two kinds of questions. The first are “radio button” questions: options are preceded by a little bubble. These questions only have ONE correct answer. The second are “checkbox questions:” options are preceded by a little box. Checkbox questions might have MORE than one possible answer and you can click on how many choices you think are correct. They may all be right! Be sure to read all of the answer choices before you submit your answers. 

This dual format is to dissuade you from getting robotic. If you are like me, and always behind or in a rush, you can sometimes try to solve a problem too quickly and therefore don’t process before “applying” knowledge. Believe me, when I first put myself through these quizzes (yes, I tried them), I got a lot wrong too because I was being too hasty! It won't take long to figure this out.

Sat 22 Sep 2012 6:16:00 PM PDT

Help with Subtitles

Many of you have noted some errors committed by the contracted transcriber for subtitles. If you would like a copy of the subtitles and want to edit yourself, please go to the link on the left side menu and click "Help with Subtitles." There are complete instructions. Some of you have even begun to translate into Greek, Portuguese, Indonesian...which can also be seen on this link.

Thu 20 Sep 2012 11:05:00 AM PDT

IMPORTANT TIPS ABOUT FORUMS

The Forums have become an active site for the exchange of ideas, information, and solutions to technical problems. They are now overwhelmed. This "common good" that we have created is getting crowded out and I fear many of you will stop turning to it as a resource. I am no longer able to keep up with your conversations and as a result you are loosing my engagement in the course. 

We are working with Coursera to find a good archiving system for older threads so you can rifle through earlier discussions with greater ease. But this turns out to be a greater technical hurdle than you might imagine, so I appreciate your patience.

I will also create a "Professor's Forum" with questions or problems that I will post and invite comments and debate focused on issues raised in the lectures. This will allow me to be more visible and engaged. 

In the meantime, please read the following recommendations:

1. Read previous threads before starting your own! This has been the main source of the proliferation. And as there are more threads, people have less inclination to scroll through predecessors, and so start a new one -- and the system spins out of control.

2. Read instructions! Many issues are clarified in the "About the Course" and "Weekly Schedule" outlines. Look at them before starting a thread. I may have to start deleting threads if they ask questions that have self-evident, clear open answers. Of course, some threads are very useful, like the concerns many raised about the quizzes, which allowed me to send a clarifying email. We need to allow those threads to have their effect on the improvement of this course. But they can't if they are deluged by those whose answers have been posted permanently on the course page.

3. If you have personal thoughts about the world or random insights (however fascinating), either find an existing thread to post them, or another place on the internet. While I celebrate "voice," and world history over 700 years is certainly broad enough to accomodate a lot of topics, Forums that do not address our themes can drown out the main issues we need to be discussing. Once more, if I find there are threads that are opened and do not address issues we are discussing in this course, I will have to start deleting them unilaterally.

4. Remember, the forums are a learning resource for us all.

Thank you for your understanding as we build this course together.

Thu 20 Sep 2012 5:14:00 AM PDT

Getting Started

The great experiment in global learning about the history of the globe is about to begin with the lectures. There are now well over 70,000 people enrolled from all over the world. Today we welcome the addition of graduate students as teaching assistants and undergraduates enrolled in the course at Princeton. You will see them engaging in your discussions.

The lectures will start establishing the major themes of the course and raise questions for discussion and debate in the forums. Some of you have asked if there is "work" to be done this week for the course. Yes, and no -- depending on your definition of work. Watch the lectures, think about the content, read the appropriate chapter of the text if you have access to it, and enter the discussions in the forums on any topic that you find relevant to the week. That's it. Your first assignment is 2 weeks away.

The forums are already crackling with activity, covering a wide array of fields. There is also a great deal of helpful information. Because there are so many people participating in the forum discussions, here are some tips for making the conversations accessible and meaningful.

1. We are working with Coursera to modify the structure of the threads to make them more efficient. I will keep you posted.


2. If you have a question or a point, be sure to check for existing forums on your topic before starting another one. Many questions have already been addressed in the week since the forums opened.


3. If you open a new forum, please title your forum usefully or it will soon be buried.


4. Use "tags" to identify categories for your forum so people can search the contents more easily.

Most days you will find me engaging in discussions in the forums as if they were a giant seminar. Next week, I will summarize what I consider to be some of the major themes of debate that have come up from the exchanges and highlight implications for the lectures to come. 

Jeremy Adelman

Sun 16 Sep 2012 7:11:00 PM PDT

Welcome!

As I write this letter, there are nearly 70,000 of you enrolled in this course, and you come from all corners of the globe. This will be a great experiment in learning about the history of the world in a global format. So, I look forward to learning alongside you. 

This course will consist of lectures, global dialogues, forum discussions and evaluated assignments. I encourage you to familiarize yourself with the components, expectations, schedule and deadlines. 

The lectures have now available, beginning with the Introduction. You are welcome to begin viewing. Every Sunday, we will be posting two additional lectures for the week. The postings will occur at 6:00 pm New York time.

Please visit the forum discussions for debates about the content of the course and for shared trouble-shooting. Here you will see instructors and students talking about a variety of issues; indeed, some students are actively contributing to the editing of the course's text! Check this out: https://class.coursera.org/wh1300-2012-001/forum/thread?thread_id=77

Anyone interested in discussions about environmental history, check this out:https://class.coursera.org/wh1300-2012-001/forum/thread?thread_id=75&page=1

To deepen your knowledge of world history, I encourage you to read. To that end, I am recommending that you procure a textbook co-authored especially for this course: Robert L. Tignor et al., "Worlds Together, Worlds Apart", vol. 2, 3rd edition. This text is available in a number of different formats at different prices and formats (sale or rent), including more inexpensive ebook versions. I understand that a hard copy can be restrictively expensive, particularly for international students, so I have been working with the publisher to create a more inexpensive ebook version for international students. The electronic version for international students will have, due to copyright restrictions in various jurisdictions, extensive amounts of graphic and documentary material removed; but the fundamental text written by the authors will remain. 

To preview Worlds Together, Worlds Apart and to purchase a print or electronic copy of the book, please view the Suggested Reading section on the About the Course page. 

There are some helpful forum discussions with suggestions about ways to get access to the text. See in particular: https://class.coursera.org/wh1300-2012-001/forum/thread?thread_id=4

So, let me reiterate my welcome to this educational experiment. This is an exciting time to me learning about the history of the world, not least because this format allows us to learn in the world. I am looking forward to joining you on an intellectual voyage.

Jeremy Adelman

Sun 16 Sep 2012 3:01:00 PM PDT

Welcome!

As I write this letter, there are nearly 70,000 of you enrolled in this course, and you come from all corners of the globe. This will be a great experiment in learning about the history of the world in a global format. So, I look forward to learning alongside you. 

This course will consist of lectures, global dialogues, forum discussions and evaluated assignments. I encourage you to familiarize yourself with the components, expectations, schedule and deadlines. 

To deepen your knowledge of world history, I encourage you to read. To that end, I am recommending that you procure a textbook co-authored especially for this course: Robert L. Tignor et al., "Worlds Together, Worlds Apart", vol. 2, 3rd edition. This text is available in a number of different formats at different prices and formats (sale or rent), including more inexpensive ebook versions. I understand that a hard copy can be restrictively expensive, particularly for international students, so I have been working with the publisher to create a more inexpensive ebook version for international students. The electronic version for international students will have, due to copyright restrictions in various jurisdictions, extensive amounts of graphic and documentary material removed; but the fundamental text written by the authors will remain. To preview Worlds Together, Worlds Apart and to purchase a print or electronic copy of the book, please view the Suggested Reading section on the About the Course page. 

So, let me reiterate my welcome to this educational experiment. This is an exciting time to me learning about the history of the world, not least because this format allows us to learn in the world. I am looking forward to joining you on an intellectual voyage.

Jeremy Adelman

Thu 6 Sep 2012 2:10:00 PM PDT

All video recordings, assessments and other materials made available in connection with this course are subject to copyright protection and may be used only for private study by persons who are enrolled in this course. Any other use of these materials must be with the express, written permission of Jeremy Adelman.

No certificates, statements of accomplishment, or other credentials will be awarded in connection with this course.

Fri 1 Jun 2012 6:21:00 PM PDT