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Technical Requirements - Contacts - How to ... - GLOPP project - Concept
About the GLOPP Project
The GLOPP team with its about 30 members has developed an e-course containing 17 lessons/blocks, that can be used as single lessons
or be combined depending on course subjects.
Each lesson/block needs about 5 learning hours - the whole course about 90 hours (an equivalent of 3 credit points).
GLOPP was developed between 2006 and 2008. The e-course will be updated regularly and if possible, further lessons/blocks
will be added.
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GLOPP project website |
Partners, Authors and Technical Staff
Project Partners
- Prof. Dr. Ulrike Müller-Böker, Department of Geography, University of Zurich
- Prof. Dr. Hans Hurni, Department of Geography, University of Berne
- Prof. Dr. Vincent Kaufmann, Laboratory of Urban Sociology, School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering (ENAC), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale
de Lausanne
- International Labour Organisation (ILO), E-Learning Section (Turin)
Authors
- UZH: U. Müller-Böker, N. Backhaus, O. Ejderyan, R. Tuor, U. Geiser, B. Steimann, S. Thieme, G. Tejada
- UNIBE: K. Herweg, U. Wiesmann, K. Holdener, S. Loercher
- EPFL: Y. Pedrazzini, A. Rabinovich, D. Toscani
Technical Staff
- Technical coordination/Graphics/XML: P. Kauer-Ott
- XML Schema eLML/XSLT/CSS/CVS: J. Fisler, A. Locher, T. Roth, M. Ziege
- Flash/Animations: M. Ruppen, P. McNamara, P. Kauer-Ott
- Screen Design: T. Kosterman, M. Steinmann
- Proof reading: S. Pare
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U. Müller-Böker, UZH
H. Hurni, UNIBE
V. Kaufmann, EPFL
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Aims and Background
Our aims are to ...
- sensitise students to the living conditions of poor people
- let students learn about the complexity of poverty
- elaborate on and discuss theoretical approaches
- introduce various research methods
- provide opportunities to network
Our target groups are ...
- Bachelor and Master students of geography, sociology, urban and development studies
- professionals in poverty related fields
- students of partner universities in the South
Our methodology ...
- is blended learning with face to face inputs, feedback and discussions
- follows Gagné's "nine steps of instruction"
- comlements theory and readings with exercises and self-tests
- introduces to data collection and analysis in the social sciences
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Topics and Questions
The following topics and questions are discussed in the GLOPP course:
Development and Globalisation
- What is the relationship between development research and practice?
- How do indicators frame development debates?
- How does globalisation affect people's lives?
- How is sustainability achieved in urban and rural contexts?
Livelihoods and Actor Orientation
- What is a livelihood perspective?
- How do individuals perceive and act upon poverty?
- How do the surrounding conditions affect people's capabilities to achieve well_being?
- How are institutional settings and individual actions related?
Inequality and Change
- How can we measure inequalities?
- How do poverty situations change?
- What are the gendered aspects of poverty?
- Why do poor people migrate?
- What impact does violence have on peoples livelihoods?
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The GLOPP project was also supported by different services of the leading house (University of Zurich):
- eLearning coordination Geoscience (eLearning@GeoWiss)
- E-Learning Center (ELC)
- Multimedia and E-Learning Services (MELS)
- Online Learning And Training (OLAT)
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