Dear CETAF colleagues,
As you may have heard through one of our communication channels, an exciting opportunity awaits you and especially the education staff in your institution: the
free BIOTALENT blended e-learning course "Biodiversity in a Changing Climate: E-Learn More" is open for regCETAFistration.
The course is the outcome of one of our CETAF adjacent projects. Under the ERASMUS+ program and lead by the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (BE), CETAF is partnering up with the Hungarian Natural History
Museum (HU), the Natural History Museum of Crete - University of Crete (GR) as well as the EduFor Training Centre in Mangualde (PT).
The course consists of three online modules: The general module on "Biodiversity and Climate Change" is followed by two optional modules on either
medicinal plants or herpetofauna where participants deepen their knowledge on the impact of climate change on biodiversity via these case studies. The participants will however not
only learn about biodiversity and climate change but also make their own inquiries following the Inquiry Based Learning methodology towards understanding
why we may call our age the 6th wave of mass extinction of Earth’s biota.
The online part of the course will take place from
January to March 2019 with a weekly learning commitment of about 3-4 hours. Upon
completion, the participants will receive the BIOTALENT
ECVET (European Credit system for Vocational Education and Training) Certificate and
the Europass Diploma Supplement,
confirming the knowledge, skills and competences they
gained. For 20 lucky participants this will be followed up by a attended learning component where they get to spend five days in Crete, with scientific
collections-based training as well as field sessions.
Do not miss this opportunity
to learn about biodiversity, improve your skills and upgrade your CV! We hope to see many of you to share this incredible program!
Kind regards,