ISPoS –
Interdisciplinary
Study Program on
Sustainability
Academic year
2011/2012
A blended learning design,
is a combination of the advantages of
eLearning with the social advantages of
face2face teaching by using different
methods, media and approaches.
efficiency, flexibility, web 2.0,
collaboration & communication
social contacts & exchange
project work on a contemporary
issue
intercultural and interdisciplinary
exchange
“virtual mobility”
The “Interdisciplinary Study Program on
Sustainability” contains three eLearning
modules and one Summer School. All
modules go “hand-in-hand” to create an
effective learning environment for
international and interdisciplinary
learning for sustainable development.
ISPoS –please contact us for more information
Institute for Environmental &
Sustainability Communication
Leuphana University Lüneburg
contact: Simon Burandt
Scharnhorststr. 1
21335 Lüneburg, Germany
burandt@uni.leuphana.de
Charles University
Environment Center (CUEC)
contact: Jana Dlouhá
José Martího 2
162 00 Praha 6
jana.dlouha@czp.cuni.cz
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Global &
Regional
Sustainability
ISPoS – Interdisciplinary Study Program on Sustainability
What is ISPoS?
ISPoS is a two semester blended
learning study program that brings
together students from different
countries and disciplines for three
eLearning modules and a concluding
summer school in Krušné hory/
Erzgebirge
The program offers a learning
environment for you that builds on
sharing relevant knowledge, concepts
and methods to acquire competencies to
contribute actively to, operationalize and
shape the sustainable development of
our society.
Why should I participate?
Intercultural learning and
«virtual mobility»
The collaborative eLearning approach gives you
the possibility to gain international experience
and exchange in an interdisciplinary and
intercultural cross-border program for the
enhancement of intercultural understanding
and the exchange of knowledge (without
doing, for example, an ERASMUS program). By
using modern web 2.0 applications the
eLearning modules will be “more” then the
self-study of texts and will create creative
collaboration spaces.
Finally, you will meet all your (international)
fellow students face-to-face during a 10-day
summer school in Krušné hory / Erzgebirge
in September 2012.
Four modules for one goal
Aside from relevant knowledge,
international and interdisciplinary
experiences and exchange, the modules
aim to support the development of
specific competencies. Some of them are
listed below.
 Theoretically-based
understanding of SD
 English language
competencies
 Application & critical
discussion of new
knowledge
 Reflection on various
approaches to globalization
and its attendant
opportunities and risks
Critical thinking
Integration of diverse
information
Research and knowledge
management skills
Identification of complex
interrelations in humanenvironmental
systems
 Heuristic approach to
complexity reduction
 Integration of trans- and
interdisciplinary knowledge
 Application of knowledge,
methods & competencies in
a contemporary case study
 International and
interdisciplinary
collaboration
 Transdisciplinary research
and project management
methods
Knowledge & competencies
You will learn about the holistic concept of
sustainable development in relation to
globalization processes. This knowledge will
be supplemented by relevant methodology
and tools needed for practical action. You
will acquire competencies to analyze and
understand sustainability problems and
work actively on solutions to modify and
shape the future of the society we live in via
active participation in terms of sustainable
development (interdisciplinary, intercultural,
transdisciplinary).
Curricula Integration
The study program will be integrated into
the local curricula of your university / course
of studies, for which you will get 10 ECTS
after successful completion. The Program
will start in the winter semester 2011 and
end in September 2012. Examination
periods are taken into account as part of the
program scheduling, and the workload
required within the modules is distributed
appropriately over the course of the year.
Experience and fun
Experience new ways of teaching and
learning and use the opportunity to make
international contacts for your network Use
the opportunity to participate in an
international summer school and work and
learn face2face with your colleagues.
Participation in the summer school will be
financially supported.
Global &
Regional
Sustainability