This course explores the basic science behind climate change and presents the tools to teach it in a positive, engaging and participatory way. The course also introduces some of the ethical and social issues around climate change. This course makes use of videos, lesson plans and online games developed by the IDB’s “Rise-Up: Education Against Climate Change” initiative. The aim is to assist you in the launch of climate change education and actions to mitigate and adapt to climate change in your school community. This is a hands-on course, with examples coming directly from Latin America and the Caribbean. 61% of the students who have taken the course affirm that they have improved their ability to formulate, implement and / or evaluate public policies. 52% of the students have said that the course has served them to improve services to citizens as public officials. Students who obtain the certificate in this course will also receive this digital badge. Digital badges allow you to share skills and knowledge more quickly and more reliably. For more information on digital badges visit https://cursos.iadb.org/es/indes/credenciales-digitales or click here.
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edX courses consist of weekly learning sequences. Each learning sequence is composed of short videos interspersed with interactive learning exercises, where students can immediately practise the concepts from the videos. The courses often include tutorial videos that are similar to small on-campus discussion groups, an online textbook, and an online discussion forum where students can post and review questions and comments to each other and teaching assistants. Where applicable, online laboratories are incorporated into the course.
edX offers certificates of successful completion and some courses are credit-eligible. Whether or not a college or university offers credit for an online course is within the sole discretion of the school. edX offers a variety of ways to take courses, including verified courses where students have the option to audit the course (no cost) or to work toward an edX Verified Certificate (fees vary by course). edX also offers XSeries Certificates for completion of a bundled set of two to seven verified courses in a single subject (cost varies depending on the courses).
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