A MOOC on the Science of Climate Change for primary and secondary teachers in Spanish

Teijón, P. Herrero; Andrés‐Sánchez, Santiago; Sevilla, María Isabel Asensio; Ballegeer, Anne-Marie; Corrochano, Diego; Martín, Laura Delgado; Izquierdo-Álvarez, Vanessa; López, Susana Lagüela; Gómez, J. M.; Ruiz, Camilo

doi:10.1145/3284179.3284268

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“…Courses on scientific knowledge have been suggested as a good method to increase SR of environmental issues [74,75] but also in other disciplines such as psychology [76] or mathematics [77]. We propose to evaluate the improvement of SR on Climate Change measuring student's competence through the identification of the scientific veracity of a series of statements, which are classified into four areas of knowledge related to the design of MOOC materials: physical processes, consequences, causes and responses to Climate Change [58]. To this aim, we investigated the MOOC sample with the pre-and post questionnaires.…”

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“…The MOOC titled "The Science of Climate Change for primary and secondary teachers" has a duration of six weeks and its first edition was launched in 2018 under the banner of the Universidad de Salamanca and through the MiriadaX platform. This MOOC was designed and developed by some of the authors of this paper at the Universidad de Salamanca [58].…”

Section: Training Program: a Mooc On The Science Of Climate Changementioning

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Improvement on Social Representation of Climate Change through a Knowledge-Based MOOC in Spanish

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Climate Change is the most important threat to our society and all species on Earth. Large alterations in the climate are affecting every aspect of our society and in order to limit this impact we must decarbonize the economy before 2050. Although science presents solid evidence on the magnitude of the problem and outlines precisely the consequences, people do not act accordingly and do not consider this issue a priority for their survival. The reason behind this paradox might be a non-appropriate Social Representation of Climate Change in society as the Social Representation conditions and forms the response of the society. In this paper, we extend previous investigations of how this Social Representation is formed in order to find ways to improve it through a Massive Online Open Course on the Science of Climate Change. Using a validated questionnaire, we investigated the knowledge dimension of the Social Representation of Climate Change in a group of students of a MOOC on Climate Change. A pre- and posttest revealed general improvements in all the categories that were considered in this study. A detailed analysis showed different degrees of improvement for different groups, providing new insights in the efficiency of knowledge-based online courses. Well designed Massive Online Open Courses, based on scientific evidence, targeted to the general public might improve the Social Representation of Climate Change, which may in turn trigger awareness and an effective mobilization to address this important and urgent topic.

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Improvement on Social Representation of Climate Change through a Knowledge-Based MOOC in Spanish

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A MOOC on the Science of Climate Change for primary and secondary teachers in Spanish

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Improvement on Social Representation of Climate Change through a Knowledge-Based MOOC in Spanish

Improvement on Social Representation of Climate Change through a Knowledge-Based MOOC in Spanish

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