Ενημερωτικό Φυλλάδιο
Ενημερωτικό Φυλλάδιο
Ενημερωτικό Φυλλάδιο
Online Course
UNEP
MOOC Features
First MOOC featuring ecosystem-based
MOOC
MOOC
Why MOOC?
UNEP and its partners have developed over the past
decade a number of training courses focusing on
disasters, ecosystems and resilience. Our efforts have
reached hundreds of people in over 30 countries.
However, based on the continuous demand for our training
packages, there is great public interest for capacitybuilding on these topics, far exceeding our capacity to
deliver within reasonable time and resources.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are a
revolutionary new concept in higher education, whereby
course content is delivered online and free of cost to
participants from around the world. UNEP is therefore
collaborating with CUAS to harness this new approach,
in order to reach a much wider audience within a shorter
time span.
Our target is to reach 1,000,000 people over the
next five years, regardless of their academic or
professional background and their location.
Course Options
The MOOC is composed of two tracks;
Leadership Track: 6 learning modules geared towards
policymakers, decision makers and senior professionals
who need to obtain an overview of the topic and enable
them to factor this concept into their planning and
programming.
Experts Track: 14 additional instruction modules for
professionals and students who seek more in-depth
learning and skills development in applying Eco-DRR/
CCA tools. Students undertaking the Experts Track
must also complete the Leadership Track for a total of
20 hours of instruction.
The MOOC will start in mid-January 2015, with the
leadership track first taking place over a course of two
weeks. Those who wish to continue with the course will
move on to the Experts Track which will be completed
over a period of three months.
Course leaders
Dr. Karen Sudmeier-Rieux
Dr. Sudmeier-Rieux leads the thematic group on disaster risk reduction for IUCNs Commission
on Ecosystems Management. She is also a senior researcher at the University of Lausanne,
Institute for Earth Science, where she manages projects on landslide risk reduction and bioengineering in Nepal. She is an education and training consultant with the United Nations
Environment Programme, developing training and teaching modules on ecosystem-based
disaster risk reduction. She holds a PhD in Environmental Science from the University of
Lausanne and Masters degrees in international development and forest ecology. She has
authored a number of publications and scientific articles, and is a co-editor of a recent book,
entitled The Role of Ecosystems in Disaster Risk Reduction.
More information
If you are interested in enrolling for the course or require
additional information, please contact us at:
[email protected] or go online: themooc.net