Structure

This course is designed to run in five consecutive sessions, each involving 10-12 hours of independent study by the student, spread over a period of five weeks (although there are a number of links to detailed information which, if fully worked through, constitute a course of approximately 100 study hours). The course has been designed around Open Educational Resources (OER) with open content and open access whenever possible, with ‘wrap-around’ new material to provide coherent links between these resources. Due to the ‘open’ nature of the resources there will be many differences in the style, appearance, and reliability of the resources, but these resources have been carefully selected by the course team to provide a useful educational starting-block for the study of this topic. Participants in this course are encouraged through the open and interactive structure to contribute their own examples and to add to the resources lists where they feel it is relevant. Course communication is conducted through an external discussion board and group email application. Some educational activities and formative assessments have been included within each session, as well as an extensive reading list for further study. Completing the formative assessments are the main means by which you can engage with this course material. They will not be formally marked, but feedback will be given by the tutors and this is the main way that you can receive individualized comments on your work.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this module the student should be able to:

1. Understand the theoretical basis of climate change
2. Evaluate the risks involved in a management response.
3. Identify the links between climate change and sustainable development.
4. Identify the implications of climate change for sustainable development in rural areas
5. Analyse and discuss potential actions and activities as a management response

The Contents

Session 1) What is climate change?
Session 2) Risks, facts, and fictions
Session 3) Links with sustainable development
Session 4) Implications for rural areas
Session 5) Bring it all together – so what now?

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This is a pilot course produced as a working example by a transnational university partnership funded under an EU Edulink Programme.