> Climate Change: from global to local Action

CRÉDITOS / ECTS: 12 ECTS
DURAÇÃO: 6 meses / 6 months
COORDENAÇÃO : Carla Oliveira, Paula Nicolau
VICE-COORDENADOR (A): Sandra Caeiro
INÍCIO: 2019-11-11
FIM: 2020-05-15
CANDIDATURAS DE: 2019-10-07
CANDIDATURAS ATÉ: 2019-11-04
CUSTO: Gratuito / Free of charge

For more information, please see:

Guia de Curso/ Student Guide

 

Candidates may choose to register on the program or on its individual modules.

The registration is limited to a maximum of 30 participants (accepted by order of arrival).

Online application, with the following documents attached in digital format:

  • Certificate of qualification;
  • Identification document.

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ENQUADRAMENTO:
The short learning program Climate Change: from global to local Action is a pilot course developed within the Erasmus+ Project “European SLP's for continuous professional development and lifelong learning” (90202-EPP-1-2017-1-NL-EPPKA3-PI-FORWARD), and is a program offered in a cooperation between three European distance learning universities, Universidade Aberta – UAb, Open Universiteit of the Nederlands - OUNL and Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia – UNED. Short Learning Programmes (SLPs) or short degree programmes are a group of courses (units, modules or other learning building blocks) with a common subject focussing on specific needs in society and which are part of larger degrees. - Universidade Aberta UAb - Open Universiteit of the Nederlands OUNL - Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia UNED For more information please see the Student Guide

DESTINATÁRIOS:
The program is designed for all of those who are interested in learning about the topic of climate change, and motivated to find out more about how the weather works, the political, economic and the social implications relating to climate change. It targets professionals, managers and technicians from all organisations, from private and public sector, who, within their organisations, are able to make changes towards climate change mitigation and adaptation.

CONDIÇÕES DE FREQUÊNCIA: :
The participants in the program should: • have a bachelor degree, or equivalent, in any scientific area; • have about 10-15 hours / week for self-study of the learning contents available online, for participation in discussion forums and assessment activities; • be able to read and understand written English; • have an e-mail account and ease of use of computer and basic software.

OBJETIVOS:
The program aims to inform and analyse information about climate change from different perspectives, including scientific, political, economic and social. The program also aims to discuss the different adaptation and mitigation measures of climate change, including the different tools that organisations can implement to improve their environmental performance.

CONTEÚDOS:
The program Climate Change: from global to local Action (12 ECTS) is composed by 4 modules taught sequentially, by the different distance learning European universities involved (Fig.1.): 1. The science of climate change (3 ECTS) - UAb 2. Economy and Politics of climate changes (3 ECTS) - UNED 3. The lived experience of climate change (3 ECTS) - OUNL 4. Integrated responses within sustainable development (SD) (3 ECTS) - UAb The program has a duration of 6 months (taught in part time and e-learning).

BIBLIOGRAFIA:
Please see the Student Guide

COMPETÊNCIAS:
The learning outcomes of the program are to: • Raise awareness and learn about science, economical and politics of climate change; • Understand the human interactions and individual role towards Climate Change; • Act towards climate change mitigation and adaptation measures by applying the available environmental management tools within one’s organisations or communities.

METODOLOGIA:
The modules composing the program will be developed according to the e-learning pedagogical practices of each of the three partner universities. >>Candidates may choose to register on the program or on its individual modules << UAb is a reference in European higher education institutions in the area of online and advanced eLearning, using the most advanced information and communication technologies, and a recognised Virtual Pedagogical Model. UNED has more than 45 years of experience with distance learning, gathering a whole range of technical and human resources at the disposal of students to enable autonomous learning tailored to their needs and schedules. The OUNL is the leading part-time university in the Netherlands and Flanders, offering high-quality, personalised and interactive online education. The pedagogical model is activated online learning, with pacing. The course is structured by Topics. In each Topic a forum will be created, moderated by the teacher and will remain open throughout the course, to clarify the doubts and difficulties felt and presented by the trainees, thus providing a possibility for permanent interaction of trainees between themselves and with the teacher. The form of work used in this program includes: (1) individual reading and reflection on the learning contents, (2) sharing of reflections and study between trainees, (3) clarification of doubts in the forums moderated by the teachers, (4) completion of the learning activities, and (5) completion of the assessment activities.

AVALIAÇÃO:
The modules of the program adopt a continuous evaluation model, consisting of a sequence of training activities and evaluation, throughout the module (i.e., participation in forums and carrying out individual or group evaluation activities).

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