Description/achievement of initiative
Development of a consistent and self-managed e-learning platform: http://academiasostenibilidad.com/tienda/. It is lead by our technical team. The platform is appropriated for the scope and goals of this proposal. It is suitable for different types of device (mobile, tablet, laptop and desktop). It can host more than 100.000 students at the same time (streaming performance guaranteed). It operates 24/7. It is also designed and developed in a way that students can access to tools like videos, webinars, downloadable documents-booklets, exercises and quizzes. Students can interact through a forum. It enables the development of a learning community among the trainees.
Implementation methodologies
Our experience in teaching sustainability tells us that such a course should ideally attend the following balance:o 30% awareness raising: Our target groups (the multistakeholder students) do need to know what the problem is about, why it is caused and how it could be addressed. o 50% leading to action “walking-the-talkâ€: Our target group needs to learn how to contribute to cope with climate change through business, policy-, market-, fiscal-, institutional-, financial- and technical-innovation, as well as by changing consumption and production habits.o 20% promoting collaboration among stakeholders. This course could be a platform to promote interdisciplinary collaboration.Actually, AISO is currently developing a book called “Why environmental education has not succeeded?â€: Recommendations to develop new paradigms in sustainability education. This book is written by Lucas Ivorra and Julio Andrés Rozo. A first approach to the book can be seen in the following 13 reasons presented in these three blogs (in Spanish):• Part 1: http://academiasostenibilidad.com/politicas-publicas/educacion-ambiental-y-sostenibilidad/• Part 2: http://academiasostenibilidad.com/comunicacion-sostenible/educacion-ambiental/• Part 3: http://academiasostenibilidad.com/comunicacion-sostenible/educacion-para-la-sostenibilidad/ The following steps describe the methodological process to develop the e-learning course:1) Videos development:a. First step: Definition of objectives and scope of the course.b. Second step: Identification and collection of relevant information (e.g. case studies, theories, institutional agenda, policies, best practices, etc.)c. Third step: Development of story-boardsd. Fourth step: Feedback on the story-boards.e. Fifth step: Development of graphic elementsf. Sixth step: Video shooting/recordingg. Seventh step: Integration of graphic elements to the video plus full edition 2) Exercises development3) Support material gathering and integration 4) E-book development.5) Integration of 1,2,3,4 to AISO´s e-learning platform
Arrangements for Capacity-Building and Technology Transfer
AISO promotes the courses through its social networks (facebook, twitter, linkedin and newsletter). AISO counts with a community of around 130.000 followers in Latinamerica directly, and more than 6 million through its collaborators´networks).
Coordination mechanisms/governance structure
Development of methodologies to achieve better knowledge diffusion and appropriation: AISO has learned that an e-learning course has to be engaging, funny, attractive and close to the experience of the user (the student). It is lead by our design team. We apply techniques such as graphic design, story-telling, humour and testimonies from practitioners, in order to decrease the probability of dropouts (which is high in any e-learning course).Capacity to deliver the work1) Technical team: Yes (3 people)2) Content team: Yes (3 people)3) Design team: Yes (3 people)5) Experience in developing contents on sustainability: Over 9 years6) Experience in Learning Management Systems (e-learning): 3 years and 9 months7) Access to relevant information: totally through our public partners and institutional networks
Partner(s)
AISO (Academia de Innovación para la Sostenibilidad)