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Scalable Capacity-Building for Geographically Dispersed Learners: Designing the MOOC “Sustainable Energy in Small Island Developing States (SIDS)”
(IGI Global, 2018-01-07)
Franziska Wolf
;
Felix Seyfarth
;
Ellen Pflaum
;
Pandey, Umesh Chandra
;
Indrakanti, Verlaxmi
Energy-related training is much needed for SIDS to achieve sustainable development goals and reduce energy poverty. Online learning enables innovative formats of practice-centered trainings that address local needs and help overcome geographic constraints by efficiently reaching learners on remote islands. To justify high course production costs, content must be re-usable and the instructional design must match participants’ motivation, skills, capacity, and constraints. An interdisciplinary university research cooperation used SIDS survey data to develop a learner-driven, collaborative online course for energy practitioners. Problem-based learning and peer-review mechanisms were used to localize knowledge and to practice real-world skills; sustainable institutional structures assure future iterations. The pilot reached a heterogeneous audience of 1,000 learners, geographically dispersed across the main SIDS regions. Principles of learning design outlined by the authors may also be valuable for capacity-building with geographically dispersed, heterogeneous learners beyond SIDS.
Type:case review (law)
URL:http://services.igi-global.com/resolvedoi/resolve.aspx?doi=10.4018/978-1-5225-2621-6.ch003
DOI:10.4018/978-1-5225-2621-6.ch003
URI:https://www.alexandria.unisg.ch/handle/20.500.14171/100843
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