e-courses for masters: online fundamental semester for master on climate – related sciencedisciplines

Abstract

International audienceThe Climate Graduate School of the Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace (CGS-IPSL) iscurrently developing a series of seven courses online for Master students. On these sevencourses of 3 ECTS each, three have a strong focus on the ocean: Dynamics of the Ocean andAtmosphere; Contemporary Biogeochemical Cycles; Study of Paleo-climates. Each course is ledby a pair of university teachers specialists in their field accompanied by a pedagogical andgraphic team in order to design all resources specifically adapted to graduate students andonline education. Indeed, our first goal is to open these courses as self-paced learning underthe IPSL Learning Management System (Moodle) to students who will be joining CGS-IPSLmasters without having all the prerequisites so that they can update their academicbackground. These courses could also be open to second year CGS IPSL Master students whoaimed at acquiring credits on a secondary theme not necessarily developed in their master (e.g.on biogeochemistry for students registered in an ocean – climate master). Finally all the e-resources developed will be made available at least to the educational community of the CGS-IPSL that include several Universities in and around Paris (Sorbonne Universite, Paris Saclay,Universite Versailles Saint Quentin, Université Paris Est Créteil...) in order to reuse theseresources for higher education either on-line or face-to-face courses. The courses will beavailable in both French and English so that international students can have access to these e-resources