Development of Massive Online Open Course ‘Energy Transition and Climate Change’

IF 1.4 Q4 GREEN & SUSTAINABLE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Environmental and Climate Technologies Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI:10.2478/rtuect-2022-0083

Elina Cervinska, A. Blumberga, Antra Kalnbaļķīte, J. Pubule

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Abstract This study focuses on designing a massive open online course (MOOC) to enhance students learning about the energy transition process and its connection to climate change in theory and complex dynamic systems. The course ‘Energy transition and climate change’ covers one of the United Nations’ ‘Sustainable development goals’ and is one of twelve MOOCs that will enable a comprehensive education in system thinking and its applications. It shows how system thinking methods and tools can be applied to tackle current and future energy and climate problems. The goal of the MOOC is to introduce users to the internal dynamics of modern energy systems and energy transition toward CO2-neutral energy systems. The target audience of the course is students who study Environmental Engineering, Energy, Systems, or similar program and anyone else interested in insights into the topic. The course builds on previous energy supply and demand models by updating and adapting them to the existing situation. MOOC is designed by the Competency-Based Education (CBE) approach, and a literature review is used in the study to cover theoretical parts of the course. Technology Readiness Level (TRL) methodology describes the main steps of the course model development progress, and testing of MOOCs pilot version on five students is included in the final stage of the study.

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“能源转型与气候变化”大型在线公开课程的开发

摘要:本研究的重点是设计一门大规模在线开放课程(MOOC)，以增强学生对能源转型过程及其与气候变化的理论和复杂动态系统的联系的了解。“能源转型与气候变化”课程涵盖了联合国的“可持续发展目标”之一，是12门mooc课程之一，它将使人们能够全面了解系统思维及其应用。它展示了如何应用系统思维方法和工具来解决当前和未来的能源和气候问题。MOOC的目标是向用户介绍现代能源系统的内部动力学和向二氧化碳中性能源系统的能源过渡。本课程的目标受众是学习环境工程、能源、系统或类似专业的学生，以及任何对该主题有兴趣的人。本课程建立在以前的能源供应和需求模型的基础上，通过更新和调整它们来适应现有的情况。MOOC采用基于能力的教育(CBE)方法设计，研究中使用文献综述来涵盖课程的理论部分。技术准备水平(TRL)方法描述了课程模型开发过程的主要步骤，在研究的最后阶段包括对五名学生的mooc试点版本的测试。

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Environmental and Climate Technologies GREEN & SUSTAINABLE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY-

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3.10

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28.60%

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审稿时长

16 weeks

期刊介绍： Environmental and Climate Technologies provides a forum for information on innovation, research and development in the areas of environmental science, energy resources and processes, innovative technologies and energy efficiency. Authors are encouraged to submit manuscripts which cover the range from bioeconomy, sustainable technology development, life cycle analysis, eco-design, climate change mitigation, innovative solutions for pollution reduction to resilience, the energy efficiency of buildings, secure and sustainable energy supplies. The Journal ensures international publicity for original research and innovative work. A variety of themes are covered through a multi-disciplinary approach, one which integrates all aspects of environmental science: -Sustainability of technology development- Bioeconomy- Cleaner production, end of pipe production- Zero emission technologies- Eco-design- Life cycle analysis- Eco-efficiency- Environmental impact assessment- Environmental management systems- Resilience- Energy and carbon markets- Greenhouse gas emission reduction and climate technologies- Methodologies for the evaluation of sustainability- Renewable energy resources- Solar, wind, geothermal, hydro energy, biomass sources: algae, wood, straw, biogas, energetic plants and organic waste- Waste management- Quality of outdoor and indoor environment- Environmental monitoring and evaluation- Heat and power generation, including district heating and/or cooling- Energy efficiency.