Webinar 9: Community-Based Disaster Risk Management and Training (A. Scolobig and S. Allen)
This unit expands upon the component “Building capacities and community resilience” of the SCAC project Distance Learning Module. The learning objectives of this unit are to train students to:
Webinar 8: Multi-Hazard Risk Assessment and Governance (A. Scolobig and C. Frischknecht)
This workshop introduces “Multi-risk assessment and governance”, a leraning unit whose objectives are to train students to:
Webinar 7: ABC Course Design (J. Balsiger)
ABC Learning Design is a highly successful curriculum development approach conceived of at University College London in 2014. The approach is designed to allow teaching teams to design a course in just 90 minutes by means of a structured approach using specialized tools and a visual storyboard. This approach can also be used to review […]
Webinar 6: Use of UAVs in DRM (S. Allen)
The workshop introduces a learning unit focused on the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and satellite images for DRM. The unit is structured around the use of UAV and satellite imagery at the four key stages of the DRM cycle: prevention, preparation, response, and recovery. The learning objective of this unit is to introduce […]
Webinar 5: Constructive Alignment (J. Balsiger)
This is the second of three workshops that form a series on pedagogical issues; the others are “Learning-Centered Teaching” and “ABC course design”. Constructive alignment is an approach to creating an educational environment in which students construct their own learning through relevant learning activities. This workshop aims at coherence between teaching methods and activities, evaluation, […]
Webinar 4: Cases in DRM and Decision Making (A. Scolobig)
This workshop introduces a learning unit on “Cases in disaster risk management and decision making”. The objectives of this unit are to expose students to real cases of disaster risk management and to train them to make difficult risk management choices by developing their abilities to: With the proposed method, students repeat the practice of […]
Webinar 3: Advanced GIS Hazard Mapping (S. Allen)
The workshop introduces a learning unit focused on advanced GIS skills for hazard modelling and mapping. The learning objective of this unit is to expand students’ capabilities to use GIS as an analytical tool, gaining transferable skills and experiences that can be applied to a larger range of environmental challenges. Specifically students will be able […]
Webinar 2: Social Aspects of DRM (A. Scolobig)
The workshop introduces a learning unit focused on the social aspects of DRM including risk awareness, preparedness, and communication. The objective of the unit is to train students to develop their skills and abilities to:
Webinar 1: Learning-Centered Teaching (J. Balsiger)
Three workshops form a series on pedagogical issues: “Learning -centered Teaching”, “Constructive Alignment” and “ABC Course Design”. Learning-centered teaching encourages decisions about curriculum and course design to be made with specific reference to the type of learning that is desired. Thus strategies are selected because they are the most likely to promote a certain type […]
Teacher Coaching Launch Workshop
In order to respond to the growing demand for qualified teaching in DRM and hazard mapping (DRM-HM), the SCAC project has sought to contribute to capacity building for instructors in higher education institutions in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia. The proposed workshop builds on in-depth analyses of contemporary international and South Caucasus teaching and learning practices […]