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- Habibipour, Abdolrasoul, 1979-, et al.
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Criteria for Quality Assurance to Develop MOOC Courses on Climate Change
- 2021
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Ingår i: Proceedings of The 4th International Academic Conference on Education.
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- This article is focused on identifying criteria for quality assurance to develop Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), with a particular emphasis on developing MOOC on the usage of disruptive information technologies (DITs) as tools to work on climate change mitigation efforts. The research has been done within the context of Living Laboratory in Climate Change (LiLaCC) project, which is an Erasmus+ Capacity-Building project in the field of Higher Education, with its six university partners in Europe and Africa. In so doing, a literature review on understanding criteria for quality assurance for MOOCs has been conducted. The literature review then formed the basis to develop empirical data collection tool, i.e., open-ended questionnaire. The six university partners then reflected on the identified criteria and also identified several other aspects that needs to be taken into account, when it comes to develop MOOCs, with a particular focus on climate change issues. Accordingly, eight overarching themes for quality assurance were identified, namely 1) organization of the lecture, 2) teaching quality, 3) methodology, 4) technical aspects, 5) motivation and culture, 6) delivery of MOOCs, 7) assessment, and 8) dissemination and promotion of MOOCs. Each of the themes includes several factors for quality assurance that can be used by both university researchers as well as practitioners in the field. The article provides a regulatory framework for matters related to teaching, learning, supervision and admissions to the MOOC in climate change.
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- Klimova, Alexandra, et al.
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An international Master’s program in green ICT as a contribution to sustainable development
- 2016
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Ingår i: Journal of Cleaner Production. - : Elsevier BV. - 0959-6526 .- 1879-1786. ; 135, s. 223-239
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Various principles of sustainable development are currently being integrated into national policies and programs. Such principles relate to a range of aspects of human activities requiring urgent attention, including heating, mobility, food security, and sustainable agriculture. One of the fields contributing to the transition towards a sustainable society is that of green information and communication technologies (ICT). Therefore, the implementation of educational programs in green ICT is important in ensuring further ICT development around sustainability concerns. This article describes the development of an international Master's degree program named “Pervasive computing and communications for sustainable development” (PERCCOM) by an international consortium, which aimed to combine advanced ICT with environmental, economic, and social awareness. The article presents background information regarding the role of the ICT sector in environmental challenges, and a review of the literature, in order to understand what is required of ICT and green ICT graduates. The curriculum of the PERCCOM program is then described and findings on program improvement are reported. The article is aimed at academic and research professionals in the fields of sustainable development and green technologies, with the goal of improving educational initiatives to address the societal demand for sustainable development. The findings reported here contribute toward the search for a solution for sustainability, especially regarding environmental issues, among educating professionals with high expertise in networking, computing, and programming, who are able to design, develop, deploy, and maintain both pervasive computing systems and communication architectures for sustainable development.
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- Klimova, Alexandra, et al.
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Erasmus Mundus Master in PERCCOM : Education for Green Industry
- 2015
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Today environmental safety, green energy, and ecological engineering became a top priority as a result of negative impact of human activities on the environment, current rates of industrial development and globalization. Higher education sector has a responsibility to those challenges as a key player in the successful transition to a knowledge-based economy and society. The problems, which society is facing today, could be mitigated by training highly qualified professionals with expertise in green information and communication technologies. International Erasmus Mundus Master Programin Pervasive Computing and Communications for Sustainable Development (PERCCOM) aims at combining advanced information and communication technologies with environmental awareness. Program provides unique competences for ICT professionals who will be able to build cleaner, greener, more resource and energy efficient cyber-physical systems.The paper defines a cross-disciplinary approach of master degree program in green ICT. The method used for defining the pedagogic program content focuses on the competences in order to ensure sustainability of the program in term of employability. The paper covers such aspects as training the ability to develop tools and software for sustainable development, as well as educating open-minded professionals familiar with international research environment.
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