Difference between revisions of "Human earth shapers/ETHS101/Syllabus"

Familiarise yourself with the course site.

Learning materials:

• Make sure you have read and begun to engage with the Start Here menu.

Key activities:

1. Work through the learning materials for the Overview. It will help orientate your learning.
2. Complete the OERu new participant survey] (optional).

Defining and exploring the basics of planet Earth.

Learning materials:

• Work through the learning materials for the Earth Systems
  • Geosphere, Hydrosphere, Atmosphere, Biosphere, Humanshpere and the Carbon Cycle

Key activities:

1. Watch Learning Pathway instructional videos.
2. Post a WENote comment for all Think and Share activities.
3. Complete Multiple Choice Learning Activities. These are only to help you measure your learning. We do not assess these.
4. Comment on readings and articles using Hypothes.is annotation.

How do we measure the age our planet and the earth around us?

Learning materials:

• Find and select Rock Records

Key activities:

• Work through the learning materials for
  • Philosophical Themes, Reading Rocks, Virtual Field trip, Fossils, Relative and absolute ages, Dynamic Geosphere
• Watch the instructional videos throughout the learning pathway.
• Comment on the "'Thought Experiment"' using WENote. Do you agree with Fred?
• Share your thoughts on the "'is/ought'" gap? what does this mean to you?
• Attempt the Multiple Choice questions. How well have you understood the principles of reading rocks?

Digital, academic and study skills required for success in higher education in a digital age

Learning materials:

• 1. Learning in a digital age

Key activities:

• 1. Work through the learning materials for this learning pathway
  2. Complete the listening and note-taking mini challenge
  3. Participate in the discussion on the future of higher education in a digital age
  4. Complete the reading and note-taking mini challenge
  5. Complete the research on academic skills mini challenge
  6. Share resources on academic skills for learning success
  7. Complete the learning reflection challenge