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This course, The environmental impact of teaching and learning, discusses the impact on the environment of carbon based teaching and learning in Higher Education Institutions.
FREE
This course includes
Hours of videos
8 hours, 37 minutes
Units & Quizzes
23
Unlimited Lifetime access
Access on mobile app
Certificate of Completion
It introduces a suite of innovative tools and resources which have been designed to help assess and identify ways to reduce these impacts.
Course learning outcomes
After studying this course, you should be able to:
- Understand an overview of the factors that should be included in an assessment of the carbon-based environmental impacts of higher education (HE) – these are the main sources of energy consumption and carbon emissions in HE
- Understand the types of teaching models used in higher education, how ICTs are changing them and their likely carbon impacts
- Understand the likely carbon impacts associated with your studies on a higher education course or module
- Apply a Carbon Calculator tool designed to assess the impacts of your study-related activities
- Identify possible ways to change study-related activities to reduce carbon impacts.
Course Currilcum
- Introduction 00:15:00
- Learning outcomes 00:10:00
- Course overview 00:20:00
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- Why is it important to have more sustainable higher education teaching systems? 00:07:00
- Approaches undertaken by HE institutions to reduce carbon emissions 00:30:00
- Environmental impacts of teaching and learning activities 00:15:00
- Summary 00:05:00
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- Exploring tools to assess the carbon-based environmental impacts associated with learning activities in higher education 00:40:00
- Summary 00:10:00
- Exploring tools to assess carbon-based environmental impacts of teaching and learning activities in higher education 00:15:00
- Background to the SusTEACH Carbon Calculators 00:25:00
- Exploring the SusTEACH Carbon Calculator for Students 00:30:00
- Exploring the SusTEACH Carbon Calculator for Lecturers 00:20:00
- Explore the tools further 00:15:00
- Summary 00:15:00
