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The environmental impact of teaching and learning

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This free course, The environmental impact of teaching and learning, discusses the impact on the environment of carbon based teaching and learning in Higher Education Institutions. It introduces a suite of innovative tools and resources which have been designed to help assess and identify ways to reduce these impacts.

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After studying this course, you should be able to:

  • understand an overview of the factors that should be included in an assessment of the carbon-based environmental impacts of higher education (HE) – these are the main sources of energy consumption and carbon emissions in HE
  • understand the types of teaching models used in higher education, how ICTs are changing them and their likely carbon impacts
  • understand the likely carbon impacts associated with your studies on a higher education course or module
  • apply a Carbon Calculator tool designed to assess the impacts of your study-related activities
  • identify possible ways to change study-related activities to reduce carbon impacts.
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First Published: 19/02/2013

Updated: 30/01/2017

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