Thinking and Talking about Climate (OPEN UNI)

2 ECTS credits, Academic Year 2024-2025, AY00AM50
Study climate change from a fresh perspective!

Climate change is more than just knowledge and numbers. How does climate change affect you and others around you? What kind of emotions does it bring up? This new and inspiring online course sheds light on climate change from a new perspective – through emotions.

Thinking and Talking about Climate MOOC is open to all and free-of-charge. You can complete the course at your own pace. To enroll in this MOOC, you must first complete the course in DigiCampus. Once you have done so, you can proceed with the enrollment process in DigiCampus.

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Mode of delivery

Web-Based Studies

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Education information

Content

The study module offers a gamified info package on climate emotions and constructive interaction about climate. The central contents:

  • spectrum of climate emotions as well as the underlying factors affecting them
  • special attention is paid to climate hope and its sources
  • constructing climate interaction through acknowledging the personal experiences, reactions and communication practices

The student gets to use research on climate emotions and interaction in creating herself a “climate avatar” and in interacting with other avatars in dialogue games. The student receives tools to maintain hope and to discuss climate topics in a constructive manner.

Education format

Open university

Semester

Academic Year 2024-2025

Field of study

Education

Discipline

Sustainable Development

Course organiser

University of Oulu

Location

online

Prerequisities and co-requisites

The course is an independent entity and does not require additional studies carried out at the same time.

Contact information

Guidance and counselling

avoin.yliopisto@oulu.fi
Last updated: 30.6.2024