Les infos clés
En résumé
The ecological and social challenges we are facing as a human species are multiple, complex, and vexing. The difficulty in finding viable solutions can often lead to a sense of disempowerment. Thomas Berry pointed a way forward with his understanding of the Great Work of our times that would help to give rise to an Ecozoic era of mutually enhancing human-Earth relations. The Great Work implies that each person has a contribution to make toward the flourishing of the Earth community. That is the invitation of this capstone course for students to become participants in transformative learning. In this capstone we offer a venue to respond to our contemporary challenges by exploring ways in which the creativity of humans can be more clearly and effectively aligned with the creativity of universe and Earth processes. This is what is intended by “living cosmology”, namely how do we live within a universe story in ways that transform us? How can we dwell within a broadened consciousness of a new story of evolution? How can this empower a new context for education, art, spirituality, and ethics along with ecology, politics, economics, and business? Projects may involve the humanities or the sciences or an interdisciplinary combination. This could involve arts, literature, poetry, painting, music, or the natural and social sciences, ecological problem solving or policy-making. Both original thought and practical applications are encouraged. Interdisciplinary thinking and fresh solutions will be fostered. Upcoming sessions: January 30 2017 - March 20 2017 April 24, 2017 - June 12, 2017 July 17, 2017 - September 4, 2017 October 9, 2017 - November 27 2017 January 1, 2018 - February 19, 2018 March 26, 2018 - May 14, 2018
Le programme
- Week 1 - Welcome to "Living Cosmology"
This module provides an overview of this capstone course, a timeline for submitting your final project, and grading logistics. Be sure to read all the information carefully and plan accordingly. Once you have a clear idea of what type of project you want to su... - Week 2 - Identify Your Project Goals
The second stage of the capstone project is to identify your project goals and then provide two questions for feedback from your peers. When submitting your assignment for this week’s milestone, please include all your prior assignment information so that peer... - Week 3 - Create a Project Outline and Plan
The third stage of the capstone project is to create a detailed project outline to help you plan the execution of your project. By the end of this module, you should fee ready to begin your project as you will have identified the major tasks needed to accompli... - Week 4 - (Optional) Feedback Peer Review
Throughout this capstone course, you’ve had a few opportunities to provide and receive what we hope has been constructive feedback from your peers. Some of the feedback you've received from your peers will seem immediately right, some more challenging to addre... - Week 5 - Submit Your Project Draft
We hope you found the last module, which focused on revising your work based on previous feedback, to be helpful. Now it is time to take that work a step forward by submitting a draft of your final project. Perhaps your project was to write a song and you're r... - Week 6 - Submit Your Final Project!
This is the last step in our Capstone project. You’ll commit to any final changes in your project in response to the constructive expert and peer review from your last assignment, and then do a revision, and post the result.
Le concepteur
La plateforme
Coursera est une entreprise numérique proposant des formation en ligne ouverte à tous fondée par les professeurs d'informatique Andrew Ng et Daphne Koller de l'université Stanford, située à Mountain View, Californie.
Ce qui la différencie le plus des autres plateformes MOOC, c'est qu'elle travaille qu'avec les meilleures universités et organisations mondiales et diffuse leurs contenus sur le web.
I did lately several courses using the "Coursera" platform but this was the closest to what I was looking for.Teachers and their guests, and especially colleagues, they were all amazing and extraordinary!
I did lately several courses using the "Coursera" platform but this was the closest to what I was looking for.Teachers and their guests, and especially colleagues, they were all amazing and extraordinary!
Although the idea of this course is excellent, the reason I gave this course 2 stars is because of the logistical issues with the peer review process. SInce the idea was for participants to develop a project with ongoing editing based on peer feedback, this process is key. There were issues with accessing comments from peer reviewers and not enough submissions for me to complete all the required peer reviews. In the end, coursera staff were able to override the last bit so I could complete the course, but the experience was quite frustrating and disappointing. The other learners who I did have a chance to share work with were wonderful and thoughtful and several also expressed similar frustrations. This capstone course could be improved with the addition of supervisory staff/project mentors. Overall, however, the 4 course series was excellent.
