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MOOC for Sustainability: Empowering Global Campuses

 

 

The development of this MOOC is the result of a collaboration among five universities across three continents. Through this global partnership, we aim to showcase diverse approaches to building sustainable campuses within various contexts.

This course fosters a global dialogue on sustainability that values and incorporates a range of perspectives and methods. By working with experts from our network, we strive to create a comprehensive educational resource that transcends geographical boundaries. The longstanding commitment to sustainability at the Ateneo de Manila University in the Philippines forms the backbone of this course, complemented by the experiences and best practices from our partner universities.

Coordinator: University of Turku (UTU)  (Finland)
Main contributor: the Ateneo de Manila University (the Philippines)
Cooperation partners: Lagos State University (Nigeria), Universitas Indonesia (Indonesia), and Zhejiang University (China).
The development of this course belongs to “Seed-funded UTU activities under Ministry of Education International Programme global pilots for 2024”

Course period: 2 December 2024 – 31 December 2026

Link to the course page

Course structure

This course is divided into five modules, which will walk you through the different steps in making your campus sustainable.

  1. Defining campus sustainability
  2. Identifying your campus value chain
  3. Operationalizing sustainability strategies
  4. Monitoring and communicating campus sustainability
  5. Synthesis

Each module begins with a video lecture that introduces key concepts. Starting from Module 2, each lecture is followed by the “Sustainability Journey” series—a set of videos demonstrating how these concepts are applied to Ateneo de Manila University. Subsequently, you’ll explore additional videos, podcasts, readings, and interactive activities contributed by our partner universities, which illustrate how these concepts are implemented in various contexts. Through these resources, you’ll discover different approaches that collaborating universities have taken in their own sustainability journeys, providing ideas and inspiration for you to consider within your own context.

The assessments in this course are not intended to test your mastery of terms and concepts. Instead, they focus on applying the concepts you’ve learned. At the end of each module, you’ll receive a prompt for your Module Output, which will guide you to reflect on how to adapt and contextualize these concepts for your university or institution. By the end of the course, you will have developed an initial plan to help make your campus more sustainable.

Learning Outcomes

This course has four main learning outcomes. By the end of the MOOC, participants should be able to:

  1. Develop a holistic understanding of the interdisciplinary nature of sustainability and design strategies tailored to the university context.
  2. Initiate both foundational structures and high-level initiatives related to governance and organizational development in sustainability.
  3. Generate ideas for raising awareness about campus sustainability at their respective universities.
  4. Cultivate champions and leaders for university sustainability efforts.

Course Certificate

After the completion of the course, you may produce a course certificate that can be digitally verified.