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Itä-Suomen Yliopisto

Joensuu, Kuopio

Landscape Geography and Collaborative Knowledge Creation, MOOC, 2024-2025

Open university
smart for good
Date:
15.8.2024 - 30.7.2025
Credits:
2 ECTS credits
Location:
-
Continuous learning category:
Law and society, Environmental and natural sciences
Teaching format:
Independent learning, Online teaching
Price:
40 € (VAT 0%)
Jatkuva oppiminen verkkosivut

Course content:

  • Landscape
  • European Landscape Convention
  • Citizen science and citizen science technologies
  • Civic engagement
  • Collaborative knowledge creation
  • Traditional & local knowledge
  • Scenario building

Learnig outcomes: After completing the course, the student:  

  • is familiar with landscape approach    
  • recognizes the key questions concerning landscape governance, collaborative knowledge creation and civic engagement    
  • has enhanced their landscape awareness    
  • is able to manage innovative and participatory technologies supporting landscape planning    
  • is able to co-create simple scenarios for the use of landscape management

Target group: The course is open to everyone interested in landscape and regional geography.

Modes of study: Compulsory individual survey in the beginning and in the end of the course. Automatically evaluated assignments in the end of the study modules 2-5. The final assignment is evaluated by a teacher.

Teaching methods: Online studies on DigiCampus study platform (54 h).

Teacher: Minna Tanskanen

The course is available online between Aug 15th, 2024 and July 30th, 2025. More information, the description and timelines of the course can be found from the Peppi study guide. In their studies, open university students must adhere to the same schedules and study modes as degree students.

Study units cost 20 € / ECTS credit. This price holds for the academic year 2024-2025.
For more information on study fees and payment and cancellation terms, please see: Registration, study fees and right to study | University of Eastern Finland (uef.fi).

Right to study will cover the lessons and exams.

Fees for purchasing/lending literature are not included in the study fee. 

If you can’t identify yourself using the Suomi.fi service or your employer pays for your studies, please contact our student affairs secretary; their contact information is below.

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Register for studies

I Click the registration button on this page. You will be directed to our registration service where the study unit is already selected. You can add several study units to your study cart before you continue.

II Proceed to identify yourself using the Suomi.fi service, fill in your personal information to the registration form, confirm your registration and pay the study fees. If you cannot use the Suomi.fi service, please contact our student affairs secretary, their information can be found below.

Please note that the registration is binding. For more information on study fees and payment and cancellation terms, please see: Registration, study fees and right to study | University of Eastern Finland (uef.fi).

III Your registration will typically be processed in 2-5 working days. During peak registration periods, this may take up to 10 days. After this period, you will get an automatic message which includes a link to the starting instructions. Please read and follow the instructions carefully.

 

If you do not have a UEF username, you will also get instructions for activating one. Access rights will be added to your username when your study right begins.

 

If you can’t find these messages, remember to check your email’s trash folder, and contact the open university staff if needed.

 

If your employer will pay your tuition fee, please contact our student affairs secretary. Their contact information can be found below.

Registration starts:
2024-08-08 09:00
Registration ends:
2025-06-16 23:59
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More information about education

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Vikla, Sanna

Continuous Learning Specialist

Centre for Continuous Learning

+358504666591

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Reiman, Krista

Student Affairs Secretary

Centre for Continuous Learning

+358504718694