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A multi-national, multi-disciplinary, multi-platform course on rural sustainability Mayer, Alex; Golden, Denise M.; Maher, Patrick T.; Stroink, Mirella

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The course approach was to foster learning from multiple disciplines and cross-culturally so as to understand sustainability concepts and issues in rural communities across North America. The course learning materials and activities included web-based lectures, journal articles and other readings, and a synchronous discussion session involving students and faculty from the six participating universities in Canada, Mexico and the US. The on-line, synchronous discussion sessions were designed to involve the sharing of knowledge among the participants drawn from world experiences, both personal and educative. The primary form of student assessment consisted of weekly reflection papers based on the course content, weekly discussion and their own personal experiences.

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A multi-national, multi-disciplinary, multi-platform course on rural sustainability
Creator
Mayer, Alex; Golden, Denise M.; Maher, Patrick T.; Stroink, Mirella
Contributor
International Conference on Engineering Education for Sustainable Development (7th : 2015 : Vancouver, B.C.)
Date Issued
2015-06
Description
The course approach was to foster learning from multiple disciplines and cross-culturally so as to understand sustainability concepts and issues in rural communities across North America. The course learning materials and activities included web-based lectures, journal articles and other readings, and a synchronous discussion session involving students and faculty from the six participating universities in Canada, Mexico and the US. The on-line, synchronous discussion sessions were designed to involve the sharing of knowledge among the participants drawn from world experiences, both personal and educative. The primary form of student assessment consisted of weekly reflection papers based on the course content, weekly discussion and their own personal experiences.
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Conference Paper
Type
Text
Language
eng
Date Available
2015-06-02
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 Canada
DOI
10.14288/1.0064689
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/53689
Affiliation
Non UBC
Citation
Nesbit, S. & Froese, T. M. (Eds.) (2015). Proceedings of EESD15: The 7th Conference on Engineering Education for Sustainable Development, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. June 9-12.
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty; Other
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ca/
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