Multimedia Projects on Climate and Sustainability, July 3-20

At the end of this course, you should be able to:

• identify high quality online educational resources for climate and sustainability
• adapt and modify online resources for your classroom
• use digital technology to support an inclusive learning environment
• respect copyright when using online resources and apply copyright to your own work
• create and share a climate-themed multimedia resource
• adopt and teach safe and ethical practices when using digital technology in your classroom
• create a Digital Learning Action plan to support ESD in your classroom or school.

There are five modules in this course.

1. Selecting suitable online resources for climate
2. Managing and using online resources for climate
3. Planning and creating a multimedia project on climate
4. Using online assessment tools
5. Online safety, digital learning planning and next steps

Participant requirements: A high standard of meaningful participant engagement on this course is required for successful completion. This involves joining in a range of online discussions, communicating with fellow participants and the e-tutor, as well as completing a number of tasks (e.g., a lesson outline, a reflective learning log and a Learning Record). Other detailed requirements are covered within the course.

Note also the Department of Education requirement that, where a participant has registered for more than one course (with any course provider), courses may only be completed consecutively rather than concurrently.

Device:  A laptop, desktop pc or tablet* with the latest version of Chrome, Firefox or Safari installed. An inbuilt or separate microphone, or a smartphone, may be required for recording audio for one assignment (only). A good broadband internet connection is essential. 

*Most tablet devices work well with our course software but some older devices may not be compatible. Please do not use a smartphone to complete the course.

Software/Apps: While this course is free, the content includes examples of many apps and software titles for the purposes of illustration, some of which involve a cost. Also, the course requires all participants to create an account on a choice of (free or paid) apps for resource creation and sharing.

Participants enrolling in this course are asked to commit to participating in a follow up (impact) survey and a short course for reflection and sharing in autumn, on “Using Digital Technologies in the Primary Classroom”. This will enable participants to reflect on their practice and share their experiences of implementing learning from the course in their own classrooms with other teachers who completed the summer course.

About 45 minutes of your time is all that is required for these two items.

A course certificate is provided upon completion of this course. This course is approved for EPV days.

“The course was an excellent blend of two topics I have a lot of interest in: digital media and climate change!”

“Lots of easy to follow content and resources which are very relevant to the classroom. Lots of new Apps”

“The discussion forums felt friendly and inclusive…”

“Good practice videos are fantastic – lots of ideas to think about.”

“My personal knowledge on Climate Change has strengthened and I now feel equipped to teach my classes all about the topic.”

All participants must accept our terms of service when first accessing our online courses learning platform, which cover key participant undertakings, obligations and code of conduct in relation to course engagement.

By enrolling in this course, you also accept the following:

• The time spent on the course must include a minimum of 10 online hours within the PDST Technology in Education course (on our learning platform), according to the automatic calculation of online time by our learning platform. Online time calculation is not an exact science as it is subject to many variables, but this automatic online time calculation will stand.
• Participants must not delete the resources/links created and shared via other platforms (e.g., Scoilnet Learning Paths and Video apps) until after 8th September, 2023.
• Participants must commence the course in advance of 36 hours before course closure.
• Courses are designed and delivered in accordance with strict Department of Education (DE) criteria and administrative requirements which must be met, in accordance with the Handbook for Providers 2023. These include the stipulation that plagiarism and impersonation will not be tolerated.