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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. This inspiring online course approaches climate change through emotions. Game elements, such as climate avatars, work as a tool to explore one’s own emotions and practice constructive climate interaction.
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.
Climate change is more than just knowledge and numbers. This inspiring online course approaches climate change through emotions. Game elements, such as climate avatars, work as a tool to explore one’s own emotions and practice constructive climate interaction.
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
Course study period
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Price
Free
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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.
This course is connected to the following Sustainable Development Goals of the UN: 3) "Good health and well-being" and 13) "Climate action".
Education format
Open university
Semester
Academic Year 2024-2025
Field of study
Education
Discipline
Sustainable Development
Teaching language
English
Finnish
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: 20.1.2025