I have just started as a ‘test-pilot’ for Edinburgh University’s exciting new online course entitled ‘Global Environmental Challenges’. Already I’m learning a lot about how to set up a small online community and make it vibrant (encourage people to connect with one another quickly using blogs and online mind-mapping); how to provide course material in an interesting way (use videos, downloadable documents, audio materials and links to interesting websites); and how to help people connect the learning to their work and life (require everyone to choose an ‘area of interest’ to which they apply the learning directly) – and all that is before we get into the content of the course! I’m hoping that the issues raised will have a direct bearing on my work as a consultant; my involvement in a local environment project in my home town; and my life more generally.
Design and Design thinking in Humanitarian Capacity and Learning
I am currently studying for a Post Graduate Certificate in Design for Learning Environments, and the first module has been focused on Design and Design Thinking. Most people involved in training understand just how much work goes into delivering a good course, but my learning in this module has reinforced my
