C- Change in GEES

Open Educational Resources (OERs) for climate change and sustainability - practicalities and pedagogy

29th April 2010, Macdonald Hotel Manchester

9.30am. - 4pm.

Climate Change and Sustainability have become areas of critical interest in the 21st Century. The GEES disciplines have a key educational role to play in developing students who are knowledgeable about, and skilled to contribute to future societal responses to the climate change challenge. The conference compliments the ‘Pedagogy of Climate Change Session’ at the Annual Conference of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) held in August 2008. It will also showcase the resources and learning outcomes derived from the GEES Subject Centre 'C-change in GEES Project' (Open licensing of climate change and sustainability resources in the Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences). The OER programme, funded by the Higher Education Funding Council (HEFCE) and jointly managed by the Higher Education Academy and the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC), aims to make a wide variety of learning resources, created by HE academics, freely available. Further information about the C-Change in GEES project can be found at http://www.gees.ac.uk/funding/oerpilot.htm

Programme

The draft programme is as follows:

9.30 - 10.00 Tea/Coffee and Registration

10.00 - 10.20 Welcome and introduction

10.20 - 11.00 Keynote: Rising to Challenges in Climate Change Education (Slidecast of slides and audio) - Prof. Simon Haslett, Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching (CELT), University of Wales, Newport

11.00 - 11.30 Tea/Coffee – Poster session

11.30-12.45 OER Case Studies and an Introduction to the GEES Subject Centre C-Change Project

• Zoe Robinson, Stephen Whitfield, Richard Waller, Katie Szkornik, Keele University
• Jim Andrews and Christopher Smith-Duque, University of Southampton
• Simon Haslett, Jonathan Wallen, University of Wales, Newport
• Martin Reynolds, The Open University

12.45-13.45 Lunch & Resource 'Play Time', Showcasing the Pedagogy of Climate Change Publication

13.45 – 14.45 Climate Change and Sustainability: pedagogy, provision and practice

• "I really get this module!" Using online discussion boards to enhance students’ understanding of global climate change,  Jenny Hill and Wendy Woodland, University of the West of England
• Teaching uncertainty: the case of climate change, Brendan Hall, University of Gloucester
• A critical, collaborative and constructivist pedagogy for the social science of climate change, Peter Hughes,  University of Bradford
• Considering Climate Change through an E-postcard, Derek France, University of Chester

14.50 – 15.45 Workshop: 'Hands on OER' - practical advice session on how to open up your resources

15.45 – 16.00 Closing Session

16.00 Tea/Coffee and Departure