Skip to main content

Refine your search

Landscape Geography and Collaborative Knowledge Creation, MOOC, 2025-2026

Open university
smart for good
Date:
15.8.2025 - 30.7.2026
Credits:
2 ECTS credits
Location:
-
Continuous learning category:
Law and society, Environmental and natural sciences
Teaching format:
Independent learning, Online teaching
Price:
40 € (VAT 0%)
Jatkuva oppiminen verkkosivut

In this online course, you will acquire knowledge about collaborative knowledge creation and civic engagement within the realm of landscape governance.

Course content:

  • Landscape
  • European Landscape Convention
  • Citizen science and citizen science technologies
  • Civic engagement
  • Collaborative knowledge creation
  • Traditional & local knowledge
  • Scenario building

Learning outcomes: After completing the course, the student:  

  • is familiar with landscape approach    
  • recognizes the key questions concerning landscape governance, collaborative knowledge creation and civic engagement    
  • has enhanced their landscape awareness    
  • is able to manage innovative and participatory technologies supporting landscape planning    
  • is able to co-create simple scenarios for the use of landscape management

Target group: The course is open to everyone interested in landscape and regional geography.

Modes of study: Compulsory individual survey in the beginning and in the end of the course. Automatically evaluated assignments in the end of the study modules 2-5. The final assignment is evaluated by a teacher.

Teaching methods: Online studies on DigiCampus study platform (54 h).

Teacher: Minna Tanskanen

The course is available online between Aug 15th, 2025 and July 30th, 2026. The completed MOOC course credits are marked three times a year. More information, the description and timelines of the course can be found from the Peppi study guide. In their studies, open university students must adhere to the same schedules and study modes as degree students.

This course is a part of a study module Subject studies in geography (Maantieteen aineopinnot, other courses available mainly in Finnish).

#AYmaantiede-ympäristöpolitiikka

Study units cost 20 € / ECTS credit. This price holds for the academic year 2025-2026.
For more information on study fees and payment and cancellation terms, please see: Registration, study fees and right to study | University of Eastern Finland (uef.fi).

Right to study will cover the lessons and exams.

Fees for purchasing/lending literature are not included in the study fee. 

If you can’t identify yourself using the Suomi.fi service or your employer pays for your studies, please contact our student affairs secretary; their contact information is below.

Irrespective of time
English

Register for studies

The registration is binding. For more information on study fees and payment and cancellation terms, please see: Registration, study fees and right to study | University of Eastern Finland (uef.fi).

If you cannot use the Suomi.fi service to register, please contact [email protected] for further instructions.

Registration (with Suomi.fi service):

  1. Click the registration button on this page. You will be directed to our registration service where the study unit is already selected. You can add other study units to your study cart before you continuing.
  2. Proceed to identify yourself using the Suomi.fi service, fill in your personal information to the registration form, confirm your registration and pay the study fees.
  3. Your registration will typically be processed in 2-5 working days. During peak registration periods, this may take up to 10 days. After the processing time, you will receive a confirmation of a granted study right. The message will include a link to our beginning instructions page where you can find all instructions on how to get started. Please read the beginning instructions carefully.
  4. If you do not have a previous username in our university (UEF username), you will also receive instructions on how to activate your UEF username from the university's user management.

 

If you can’t find these messages, remember to check your email’s trash folder, and if needed, contact us: [email protected].

 

If your employer will pay your tuition fee, please contact our student affairs secretary. Their contact information can be found below.

Registration starts:
2025-08-07 09:00
Registration ends:
2026-06-15 23:59