These weeks start online courses 2 and 3 of the Trasmares itinerary. Specifically, today Monday begins “Nature-based solutions as a proactive approach to conservation”, and ten days ago began “Human activities and vulnerability of marine ecosystems”, both aimed at graduates, undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate students, with an environmental qualification profile, as well as technical professionals from administrations and managers, to provide them with an innovative, modern and dynamic training in areas related to coastal ecosystems. 

Specifically, this third MOOC will define the term “Nature-based Solutions” with real-world marine and coastal examples offers a broad overview of NbS applied to coastal and marine environments, and discusses the scientific, socioeconomic and political factors that facilitate the adoption of NbS. 

And in the second MOOC, the primary needs of coastal populations, the activities developed by society to meet them, the consequences for the environment and society itself, and finally, possible strategies to reduce damage to the environment and improve the benefit to human populations are presented. 

José A. Juanes de la Peña, the project coordinator, explains: “We invite you to take part in this interesting and exciting adventure of developing a permanent training itinerary to complement your education after completing masters, degrees and other training courses”. 

To complete this course, it is necessary to pass the evaluation tests established in each module, both self-assessment tests and interactive activities. It also offers the option of an individual certificate of completion and also offers the option of an individual certificate of completion of each of the four MOOCs, or accreditation of knowledge of the complete itinerary in the case of completing the four courses and passing the global test. 

TRASMARES training program 

The course is part of the TRASMARES (Specialized Training on Applied tools for Sustainable MARine EcosystemS) training program, whose itinerary offers a offers a flexible and innovative learning pathway for those who wish to develop specific skills in coastal ecosystem sustainability through a multidisciplinary, practical, and integrated approach. 

The goal is to provide world-class knowledge on new methodologies, procedures and tools for the conservation and sustainable management of coastal ecosystems in the context of climate change. 

The other three courses that make up the pathway are: “Human activities and vulnerability of marine ecosystems”, “Nature-based solutions as proactive approaches to conservation”, and “Land-sea-ocean interactions: from coastal management to maritime spatial planning”.  

Partnership 

An unparalleled partnership between three European Higher Education Institutions is responsible for the scientific soundness of this ambitious training initiative: Universidad de Cantabria (Spain), Università di Bologna (Italy), and Universidade de Coimbra (Portugal) with Telefónica Educación Digital (TED), a leading international provider of high impact life-long learning solutions. 

This alliance guarantees the participation of a wide range of experts in diverse and complementary fields, including nature conservation, ecosystems’ vulnerability, nature-based solutions and land-seaocean interactions. 

• More information:  

https://trasmares.ihcantabria.com/en/  

• Enrolment:  

https://miriadax.net/curso/itinerario-specialized-training-on-applied-tools-for-sustainable-marine-ecosystems/  

Estas semanas arrancan los cursos online 2 y 3 del itinerario Trasmares. Concretamente hoy lunes comienza “Soluciones basadas en la naturaleza como enfoque proactivo para la conservación” y hace diez días empezó “Actividades humanas y vulnerabilidad de los ecosistemas marinos”, dirigidos ambos a licenciados, estudiantes de grado, postgrado y de FP, con un perfil de cualificación medioambiental, así como profesionales técnicos de las administraciones y gestores, para proporcionarles una formación innovadora, moderna y dinámica en áreas relacionadas con los ecosistemas costeros. 

En concreto, en este tercer MOOC se darán a conocer proporciona una definición del término “Soluciones basadas en la Naturaleza” con ejemplos marinos y costeros del mundo real, ofrece una amplia visión de las NbS aplicadas a los entornos costeros y marinos, así como discute los factores científicos, socioeconómicos y políticos que facilitan la adopción de NbS. 

Y en el segundo MOOC, se dan a conocer las principales necesidades de las poblaciones costeras, las actividades desarrolladas por la sociedad para satisfacerlas, las consecuencias para el medioambiente y para la propia sociedad y, por último, las posibles estrategias para reducir los daños al medio ambiente y mejorar el beneficio a las poblaciones humanas.  

 Además, los estudiantes podrán adquirir un amplio conocimiento del enfoque metodológico diseñado para tratar estas cuestiones y adaptado a varios ecosistemas marinos. 

Tal y como explica José A. Juanes de la Peña, coordinador de este proyecto: “Os invitamos a que participéis de esta interesante y excitante aventura de desarrollar un itinerario de formación permanente de cara al complemento formativo tras la realización de másteres, grados y demás formaciones”. 

Para completar estos cursos será necesario superar las pruebas de evaluación establecidas en cada uno de los módulos, tanto los tests de autoevaluación como las actividades interactivas. El curso ofrece la opción de un certificado individual de superación de cada uno de los cuatro MOOC, o de una acreditación de conocimientos del itinerario completo, en el caso de completar los cuatro cursos y superar el test global. 

Programa de formación TRASMARES 

Este curso está enmarcado en el programa de formación TRASMARES (Specialized TRaining on Applied tools for Sustainable MARine EcosystemS) cuyo itinerario ofrece una vía flexible e innovadora de aprendizaje para las personas que deseen desarrollar competencias específicas en materia de sostenibilidad de los ecosistemas costeros mediante un enfoque multidisciplinar, práctico e integrado. 

Su objetivo es proporcionar conocimientos de primer orden sobre nuevas metodologías, procedimientos y herramientas para la conservación y gestión sostenible de los ecosistemas costeros en un contexto de cambio climático. 

Los otros dos cursos que conforman dicho itinerario son: “Actividades humanas y vulnerabilidad de los ecosistemas marinos” (MOOC 1) e “Interacciones tierra-mar-océano: estado actual y retos futuros” (MOOC 4).  

Socios 

La solidez científica de esta ambiciosa iniciativa se debe a la colaboración entre tres instituciones europeas de enseñanza superior: La Universidad de Cantabria (España), la Università di Bologna (Italia) y la Universidade de Coimbra (Portugal), con Telefónica Educación Digital (TED), proveedor líder internacional de soluciones de aprendizaje permanente de alto impacto.Este consorcio garantiza la participación de una amplia gama de expertos con alto nivel de especialización en áreas diversas y complementarias, como la conservación de la naturaleza, la vulnerabilidad de los ecosistemas, el cambio climático, las soluciones basadas en la naturaleza y las interacciones entre la tierra, el mar y el océano. 

• Más información:  

https://trasmares.ihcantabria.com/cursos/ 

• Inscripciones:  

https://miriadax.net/curso/itinerario-specialized-training-on-applied-tools-for-sustainable-marine-ecosystems/ 

MOOC 2 

https://miriadax.net/curso/mooc-2-human-activities-and-vulnerability-of-marine-ecosystems/  

MOOC 3 

https://miriadax.net/curso/mooc-3-nature-based-solutions-as-proactive-approaches-to-conservation/ 

The Erasmus+ TRASMARES project has ended with more than 1,100 students trained in the conservation of coastal ecosystems, with a Conference for the Dissemination of Results recently held at the headquarters of the Representation of the European Commission in Spain, in Madrid. 

TRASMARES is a training itinerary made up of four free online courses focused on learning about new methodologies and tools for the conservation and sustainable management of coastal ecosystems in the context of climate change, made up of the Universidad de Cantabria (UC), the Institute of Hydraulics of the UC (IHCantabria), the University of Bologna (Italy), the University of Coimbra (Portugal) and Telefónica Digital Education. 

The day was divided into three blocks: the first, focused on the importance of Lifelong Learning in Higher Education, had the participation of Agnieszka Jelnicka, head of the Higher Education Unit of the European Commission; María José Gónzalez, Vice Chancellor for Private Degrees and Distance Learning at the UC; and José Antonio Juanes, director of Teaching and Training at IHCantabria and professor of Hydraulic Engineering at UC. In her intervention, the vice-chancellor highlighted the importance of lifelong learning as “a requirement of contemporary society in a context of digital and ecological transformation, which constantly forces us to update ourselves, not only at a professional level”. 

The second block was carried out by the researchers Elvira Ramos, María Jiménez and Jose A. Juanes from IHCantabria; Laura Airoldi from the University of Bologna, and Joao M. Neto, from the University of Coimbra. In it, three key pillars of the gestation of the TRASMARES project analyze the educational and social context in which it has been developed, its design and implementation process, and the lessons learned at an academic, administrative, and technical level. These include the need to improve the digital skills of teaching staff and research staff, the importance of applying both a multidisciplinary approach to content and having a quality assurance system that ensures personalized and verifiable evaluation of the learning process, or the value of generating interactive activities to maintain student interest, among others. 

The round table ‘The future of MOOCs in Higher Education’ completed the third of the blocks, focused on the debate on the challenges and difficulties of moving from face-to-face to online training, the adaptation of education to the new social environment and new technologies available for learning processes. The event was attended by Ignacio Puebla, Business Development Manager of Telefónica Educación Digital; Sergio Martínez, director of the UC Teaching and Innovation Support Unit; David Carabantes, Coordinator Manager of the Virtual Campus of the Complutense University of Madrid; Leire Nuere, director of the Online Unit of the Francisco de Vitoria University; and Alberto Sánchez, vice-rector for Transformation and Digital Education at the Rey Juan Carlos University. 

As explained by the researcher José Antonio Juanes, the objective of TRASMARES is “to generate a training itinerary and provide first-rate knowledge on new methodologies, procedures and tools for the conservation and sustainable management of coastal ecosystems in a context of climate change”.  

The scientific strength of this ambitious initiative is due to the collaboration between three European Higher Education Institutions: Universidad de Cantabria (Spain), the Università di Bologna (Italy) and the University of Coimbra (Portugal), together with Telefónica Educación Digital (TED), one of the leading international providers of high-impact lifelong learning solutions, as a technology partner, and which has funding from the EU’s Erasmus+ programme. 

This consortium has guaranteed the participation of a wide range of experts with a high level of specialization in diverse and complementary areas, such as nature conservation, ecosystem vulnerability, climate change, nature-based solutions and interactions between land, sea and ocean.