Landscape Geography and Collaborative Knowledge Creation, MOOC, 2024-2025
Open university
- Date:
- 15.8.2024 - 30.7.2025
- Credits:
- 2 ECTS credits
- Location:
- -
- Continuous learning category:
- Law and society, Environmental and natural sciences
- Teaching format:
- Independent learning, Online teaching
- Price:
- 40 € (VAT 0%)
Course content:
- Landscape
- European Landscape Convention
- Citizen science and citizen science technologies
- Civic engagement
- Collaborative knowledge creation
- Traditional & local knowledge
- Scenario building
Learnig outcomes: After completing the course, the student:
- is familiar with landscape approach
- recognizes the key questions concerning landscape governance, collaborative knowledge creation and civic engagement
- has enhanced their landscape awareness
- is able to manage innovative and participatory technologies supporting landscape planning
- is able to co-create simple scenarios for the use of landscape management
Target group: The course is open to everyone interested in landscape and regional geography.
Modes of study: Compulsory individual survey in the beginning and in the end of the course. Automatically evaluated assignments in the end of the study modules 2-5. The final assignment is evaluated by a teacher.
Teaching methods: Online studies on DigiCampus study platform (54 h).
Teacher: Minna Tanskanen
The course is available online between Aug 15th, 2024 and July 30th, 2025. More information, the description and timelines of the course can be found from the Peppi study guide. In their studies, open university students must adhere to the same schedules and study modes as degree students.
Study units cost 20 € / ECTS credit. This price holds for the academic year 2024-2025.
For more information on study fees and payment and cancellation terms, please see: Registration, study fees and right to study | University of Eastern Finland (uef.fi).
Right to study will cover the lessons and exams.
Fees for purchasing/lending literature are not included in the study fee.
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