Open Learning

Syllabus, assignment guidelines, rubrics

Please read over all these documents in their entirety. They will help clarify the written and presentation materials you are required to produce to complete this class.

View 2020 syllabus, module and general overview

View Participation guidelines (each extra assignment due/completed by the following class)

View Sense of Place essay guidelines (due week 4)
View Reflective Research essay guidelines (due week 8)
View Essay rubric

View Discipline-specific writing guidelines (due week 11)
View Discipline-specific rubric

View Service-learning complete guidelines (proposal due week 3/poster due week 13/presentation due week 14)
View Service-learning poster/presentation rubric and evaluation guidelines

Required Text:

Robertson, M. (2017) Sustainability Principles and Practice, 2nd Edition. Routledge (FREE eBook is available in Canvas Library Guides and online through the FGCU Library). ISBN-13: 978-1138650244 ISBN-10: 9781138650244

Jackson et al. (2018). A Sustainable Future: Equality, Ecology, and Economy. ISBN 9781524966409 Available from the FGCU bookstore or directly from the publisher – (eBook is available through the FGCU Library or publisher https://he.kendallhunt.com/sustainable_future).

Credit: Lea Rekow, FGCU Colloquium/A sustainable future, originally published at BifrostOnline, December 2019 (CC BY-NC-SA)

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Open Learning Module: Nature matters

1. Introduction to a Sustainable Future

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Open Learning Module: Neighbourhood nature

Learn how to observe, identify and record the wildlife around you and build up a picture of a small part of your local environment.

Open Learning Module: Transport and sustainability

Transport and sustainability, explores the issues around sustainable transport and how the role of technology and society can interact to lower the overall impact of transport.