http://commons.esc.edu/cdl-course-highlights Curriculum and Instructional Design Highlights from the Center for Distance Learning Tue, 08 Jan 2013 23:34:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Curriculum and Instructional Design Highlights from the Center for Distance Learning Innovations in Online Learning no Curriculum and Instructional Design Highlights from the Center for Distance Learning http://commons.esc.edu/cdl-course-highlights/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://commons.esc.edu/cdl-course-highlights http://commons.esc.edu/cdl-course-highlights/assessing-environmental-impact/ http://commons.esc.edu/cdl-course-highlights/assessing-environmental-impact/#comments Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:49:02 +0000 lisa snyder http://commons.esc.edu/cdl-course-highlights/?p=91 In this course,  Geology and the Environment, the final course module offers students a choice of two different types of capstone assignments to complete by the end of the term. Students choose to participate in either the Lifestyle Project, or to write a research paper. The Lifestyle Project requires students to turn in a journal each week, in which they collect and analyze data about their own lifestyles and the impact of their lifestyle choices on the environment.  Each student chooses three different categories of behavior in which they are interested in changing their habits: The use of electricity, water, heat or automobiles, food types and consumption rates, waste production, and environmental awareness.  Each week, one category is addressed with the goal of reducing environmental impacts through a gradual but definitive change in everyday habits. Each week, the project becomes more rigorous as students the demands of each category increase.

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