This free course, The environmental impact of teaching and learning, discusses the impact on the environment of carbon based teaching and learning in Higher Education Institutions. It introduces a suite of innovative tools and resources which have been designed to help assess and identify ways to reduce these impacts.
Overview
Syllabus
- Introduction
- Learning outcomes
- Course overview
- Part 1: For students and lecturers or academic designers
- 1.1 Why is it important to have more sustainable higher education teaching systems?
- 1.2 Approaches undertaken by HE institutions to reduce carbon emissions
- 1.3 Environmental impacts of teaching and learning activities
- 1.4 Summary
- Part 2: For students
- 2.1 Exploring tools to assess the carbon-based environmental impacts associated with learning activities in higher education
- 2.2 Summary
- Part 3: For lecturers and academic designers
- 3.1 Exploring tools to assess carbon-based environmental impacts of teaching and learning activities in higher education
- 3.1.1 Background to the SusTEACH Carbon Calculators
- 3.1.2 Exploring the SusTEACH Carbon Calculator for Students
- 3.1.3 Exploring the SusTEACH Carbon Calculator for Lecturers
- 3.1.4 Explore the tools further
- 3.2 Summary
- Part 4: For lecturers and academic designers
- 4.1 Examination of the carbon impacts associated with different systems and models of providing higher education teaching and learning
- 4.2 New teaching models and how ICTs are changing higher education
- 4.3 Types of teaching models used in higher education and their environmental impacts
- 4.4 Exploration of tools to assess carbon-based environmental impacts of learning designs and teaching models in higher education
- 4.4.1 Exploring the online SusTEACH Planning Tool
- 4.4.2 Exploring the SusTEACH Modelling Tool
- What next?
- Conclusion
- Glossary
- References
- Acknowledgements
