CLUVEX VIRTUAL EXCHANGE (VE) WEEK FOR STUDENTS (1 ECTS / OP)
CLUVEX Virtual Exchange Week introduces and discusses the latest scientific knowledge on climate change from multidisciplinary perspectives: natural sciences, social sciences and the arts.
The virtual exchange is a great opportunity to interact in an international environment – especially if you have considered applying for a traditional student exchange. Participating in the VE Week does not require an advanced knowledge base in natural sciences. More important is to have interest in climate change related issues and workshopping in an international team. The VE Week is open to students of all fields coming from EU and EU Neighbourhood countries.
During the VE, we will workshop on a “Climate Horizon” Group Exercise, framed by interdisciplinary and intercultural discussion on Climate Change.You will work in your own small group of like-minded students (of 10 students + 1 moderator) coming from higher education institutions in Europe and Neighbourhood East countries.
WHEN: 14—18 October 2024,
from 10:00 to 13:00 (EET, Helsinki time)
PLACE: Online in Zoom
COMPLETION METHOD: online participation on each day (3h per day) and a final report.
AWARD: 1 ECTS credit issued by the University of Helsinki & Climate Messenger Certificate issued by the CLUVEX project
REGISTER IN DIGICAMPUS:
course name: UH: Climate University for Virtual Exchanges 1
https://digicampus.fi/course/view.php?id=5193
registration code: cluvexweek1
VE WEEK: course code ATM398 at the University of Helsinki
WHO CAN APPLY: BSc, MSc, PhD, PostDoc students
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: 4 Oct 2024
MAX CAPACITY: 500 students
LANGUAGE: English
COST: no fee
Contacts for Virtual Exchanges:
- University of Helsinki, Finland
- University of Copenhagen, Denmark
- Odessa State Environmental University, Ukraine
- Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine
- Yerevan State University, Armenia:
The Virtual Exchange Week consists of lectures, demonstrations and hand-on testing of data visualization tools in joint break-out rooms on Zoom and discussing and working on Group Exercise called “Climate Horizon”. Beyond the VE Week you are welcome to continue with Climate Change online courses, (free of charge) at Climate University https://climateuniversity.fi/
Cluvex Week program
All times are given in EET (i.e., in Finnish time)
- 1st Day 14 October 2024 (10:00 – 13:00, 3h online)
10:00 – Welcome words (Laura Riuttanen & Maria Dominguez, UH)
L1: Navigating Planetary Boundaries: Blueprint for a Sustainable Future (Inna Khomenko, OSENU)
L2: Climate Change, Disasters, Carbon Neutrality and UN SDGs (Alexander Baklanov, UCPH)
L3: Climate Change Impact on Water Resources (Sergiy Snizhko & Olga Shevchenko, TSNUK)
L4: Nature hazards – Floods (Valeriya Ovcharuk, OSENU)
L5: Impacts of Climate Change and Future Outlook (Hasmik Movsesyan, YSU)
L6: Climate Change: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies (Hasmik Movsesyan, YSU)
L7: Artistic Research and Critical Thinking at the Intersection of Art, Science and Society (Yvonne Billimore, BioArt Society)
12:00 – Breaking 500 students into 50 small groups (1 moderator + 10 students in each group)
Introduction round in groups & pre-task sharing (1 hour)
13:00 – End of the day
- 2nd Day 15 October 2024 (10:00 – 13:00, 3h online)
10:00 – Tool for Environment and Data Visualization | Past & Present | (Alexander Mahura, UH)
10:30 – Breaking into same small groups (1 moderator + 10 students in each group)
Working on Group Exercise “Climate Horizon” – Mapping Past & Present
13:00 – End of the day
- 3rd Day 16 October 2024 (10:00 – 13:00, 3h online)
10:00 – Tool for Socio-Economic Drivers of Climate Change | Past & Future | (Stefan Fronzek, SYKE)
10:30 – Breaking into same small groups (1 moderator + 10 students in each group)
Working on Group Exercise “Climate Horizon” – Mapping Past & Drafting Future
13:00 – End of the day
- 4th Day 17 October 2024 (10:00 – 13:00, 3h online)
10:00 – Tool for Climate Scenarios | Future | (Risto Makkonen, FMI/UH)
10:30 – Breaking into same small groups (1 moderator + 10 students in each group)
Working on Group Exercise “Climate Horizon” – Mapping Future
13:00 – End of the day
- 5th Day 18 October 2024 (10:00 – 13:00, 3h online)
10:00 – Breaking into same small groups (1 moderator + 10 students in each group)
Finalizing work on Group Exercise “Climate Horizon”
Discussions on common Climate Horizon
Questionnaire with feedback about VE Week
12:00 – Wrap up & Closing the VE Week (Hanna K. Lappalainen, UH)
13:00 – End of the virtual exchange week for students
STUDENT INSTRUCTIONS FOR CLUVEX VIRTUAL EXCHANGE WEEK ENROLLMENT Digicampus instructions: Registering for Virtual Exchange Week
Here is a step-by-step guide for enrolling in the CLUVEX Virtual Exchange Week. All the Virtual Exchange Week activities take place in an online learning environment called Digicampus.
- Register to Digicampus using your University email (Create new account) (or your Google address).
- Registering with your University email address: fill in your personal information and press ‘Create my new account’.
- Then you should see this view. Next, check your email inbox.
- Open the message sent to your email and press the link:
- Now you have created a Digicampus account. To enroll in the Virtual Exchange, type ‘UH: Climate University for Virtual Exchanges 1’ into the search bar:
or use this link: https://digicampus.fi/course/view.php?id=5193 - Enrolment key: cluvexweek1
- This is your Virtual Exchange course page view. You are all set!😊
After the Virtual Exchange Week: Instructions on getting credits (1 ECTS) for completing the unit
When you have completed all of the course tasks you can register for credits at University of Helsinki.
On the Virtual Exchange Week course page go to:
Follow the link at the bottom of the page.
Click ‘Register for course’.
Click ‘Continue without logging in’
Fill in your personal information and press ‘Continue’.
