Advent calendar #17: Sustainability issue – food waste
December 17, 2013
Would you have thought that VIPs would ever eat imperfect fruit and vegetables? Yet this was exactly what happened in February, when the United Nations treated 500 delegates at its Environment Programme event in Nairobi to a five-course meal of blemished African fruit and vegetables – exactly the kind of food that Western supermarkets would have …
Advent calendar #16: Tips on being a student in a MOOC
December 16, 2013
Today, Heather Moorhouse, one of the MOOC facilitators, offers her tips on getting the most out of your student experience on a MOOC (or NOOC): The most advantageous thing about being a MOOC student is the fact that this learning experience is actually whatever you the participant want it to be. You have the flexibility …
Advent calendar #15: Sustainable gift-wrapping
December 15, 2013
There are many ways to wrap Christmas gifts in a sustainable way. Key principles of sustainability are reduce, re-use, recycle, and these can readily be applied to gift wrap. A good start is to ensure all gift paper is recycled. Other ideas include: Wrap gifts in fabric and ribbon – the fabric can be re-used …
Advent calendar #14: Sustainable Christmas holidays?
December 14, 2013
A top tip from the Sustainability people here at the University is to save energy by powering down over the holidays. Before you leave for the Christmas holiday remember to turn off and unplug (if possible) all electrical equipment such as computers, monitors and other peripherals. The University of Nottingham MOOC Sustainability, Society and You …
Advent calendar #13: Longing for a MOOC Fairy!
December 13, 2013
Sarah Speight writes: Over the last few days, Helen Whitehead, Steven Stapleton and myself have been madly building Nottingham’s first MOOC for the FutureLearn platform: ‘Sustainability, Society and You’. We’ve run a Moodle version of the course twice now so you might think it should be easy just to transfer it from Moodle to FutureLearn. …
Advent calendar #12: an innovative educational platform
December 12, 2013
Subarna Sivapalan is a PhD candidate and teacher in Malaysia who helped to facilitate the NOOC – Nottingham Open Online Course – which was the pilot for the MOOC Sustainability, Society and You which starts on January 6th and can be joined now for free on the FutureLearn website. The NOOC as an innovative educational platform …
Advent calendar #11: A student’s view
December 11, 2013
Fouzia Nawaz offers the student view on our Sustainability online course: Online learning tools are popular among students as it is easy to access and offer flexibility for the learner to complete the tasks in their own time. Last spring as part of Nottingham Advantage Award, University of Nottingham launched an online course on “Perspectives …
Advent calendar #10: A welcome
December 10, 2013
Today, the Sustainability, Society and You MOOC Team offer a big sustainable welcome to Andy Nolan, who joined The University of Nottingham in December to take up the role of Director of Sustainability. He is responsible for the University’s environmental strategy, energy management, grounds management, carbon, waste, and travel plan, as part of the University’s commitment to …
Advent calendar #8: Secrets of the video shoot!
December 8, 2013
Simon Barnett spills the secrets of the video production for the MOOC Sustainability, Society and You starting on FutureLearn on January 6th. The whole idea for the video shoot was to be as efficient as possible while still making all the content interesting. Much of the interest comes from what a variety of people have to …
Advent calendar #7: Sustainability in the street
December 7, 2013
Recently I took a short break from all our MOOC preparations and spent an enjoyable weekend in Barcelona. Among the Gaudi, Picasso and other delights of a city I thoroughly recommend for a visit, I came across this alongside the Arc de Triomf. A waste audit in a Barcelona square! Children were being encouraged to …
