Lea Köder works at the University of Applied Sciences for Agricultural and Environmental Education. There she heads the project "Plattform Naturvermittlung", an education and networking initiative for nature educators in Austria.
As an environmental educator, she deals with the further development of pedagogical learning formats in the field of nature education. In addition, one focus of her work is the further development and professionalization of the profession of environmental education.
The digital transformation in society also includes the world of education. This shows that nature and technology do not have to be contradictory and can ideally benefit each other.
This MOOC explains and practices how digital media and methods can be integrated into outdoor learning settings. The MOOC provides an overview of digital tools and explores the didactic benefits of digital tools and how a good mix of real experience and digital applications can be achieved. The aim of the MOOC is to support participants in developing and implementing a constructive, critical and curious approach to digital tools in their educational work with and in nature.
- Activate
- Discover
- Experience
- Analyze
- Share
- Apply
- Get to know the basics of nature education
- Get to know the basics of green pedagogy
- Get to know and apply methods of digital learning
- Creation of a learning setting "Digitally supported outdoor learning"
- Reflection on one's own pedagogical practice
No specific previous knowledge is necessary, but it is helpful if you already have experience in planning and holding teaching & learning settings.
PH Burgenland
Virtuelle PH
ECTS credits
An official university certificate can be issued at the University College of Agriculture and Environmental Education after successful participation.
Dr. Silke Schaumberger is landscape planner, agricultural and equine scientist as well as agricultural educator and works at the University of Agrarian and Environmental Pedagogy in Vienna. She is the lead manager of the Erasmus+ project SysMind, within the framework of which this course was developed, and has elaborated this MOOC together with the project partners.
The project partners of the SysMind project bring in different approaches and areas of expertise. Within this course, they commonly provide impulses and suggestions to deal with the complexity of a sustainable mindset and to support its development among learners.
This course is open to all interested parties but especially aims at teachers and trainers in vocational education and training. It wants to support them in constructively guiding their learners in discovering a more sustainable mindset.
Factual knowledge alone very rarely leads to (a change in) actions. Values and personal relation to the respective topic play a decisive role - and spiritual, religious, and cultural aspects are also drivers of individual behaviour. All of this must be considered to support the development of a more sustainable mindset.
In the following five units, we will show you how complex and multi-layered the development of a sustainable mindset is:
Lesson 1: Introduction to the Topic of Sustainable Development
Lesson 2: The Four Elements - Connectors between Science, Culture and Spirituality
Lesson 3: Spirituality and Sustainability
Lesson 4: Attitudes and Values - Modules of the Mindset
Lesson 5: Assessment, Evaluation and Best Practice Examples
After completing this course, graduates will be able to
- reflect on their own cultural, religious and spiritual background and consider this as a prerequisite for their work with heterogeneous student groups;
- support learners to reflect on their own thinking in relation to sustainability from their individual cultural, religious and spiritual perspective and background;
- develop knowledge, skills and competences on intercultural, interreligious and spiritual approaches to sustainability issues;
- use teaching methods and techniques that take into account cultural, spiritual and religious diversity and promote sustainable development.
No previous knowledge is required.
The course consists of five units, containing at least one video, various additional materials and a final quiz. The individual units are activated at the same time and can also be completed individually.
The course is available as a self-study course.
As the units can also be completed individually, a badge is awarded for the successful completion of each unit.
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University College of Agrarian and Environmental Pedagogy (2024): „The Discovering a Sustainable Mindset-MOOC“. Accessed dd.mm.yyyy from Discovering a Sustainable Mindset-MOOC | iMooX; licenced under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Disclaimer:
Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.
This course was developed as part of an Erasmus+ project funded by the European Union.
The following persons were involved in the production and compilation of content and materials:
University College of Agricultural and Environmental Pedagogy: Silke Schaumberger, Veronika Hager, Norbert Hopf, Klaus Karpf, Wilhelm Linder, Monika Winzheim; external: Lumnesh Joseph
KPH Vienna/Krems: Piotr Kubiak, Stefan Sampt and the PILGRIM team
Fundacion Montenmediterraneo: Ernestine Lüdeke, Juan Luis Gazquez Guerrero
Latvian University of Life Sciences and Technologies: Sandra Iriste
Turkish International Agricultural Training Center: Bülent Sezer
Ss Cecil and Methodius University Skopje: Elena Rizova
Ukrainian National Forestry University: Lyudmyla Maksymiv, Lyudmyla Zahvoyska, Ihor Soloviy
Elke Szalai