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Encourage contributions to the Global Environmental Debate via the "Penn LPS Commons"
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Contribute to the Global Environmental Debate as it Develops via the "Penn LPS Commons," a platform that is setting new benchmarks at the intersection of online learning and social networking.
A critical concept to be leveraged via the Commons is to break the paradigm of exclusion and open windows of opportunity in the learning environment to participants beyond students enrolled in a particular course, program, or even university. The word “open” here applies to the concept that there will be open (free) access to the public to view course content such as lectures on YouTube and/or iTunesU, and to participate in faculty and student-led blogs, polls, and community discussion forums. This inaugural offering is a prototype of potential future offerings via the Commons. The United Nations and co-sponsors of the World Civic Forum have issued an official call to formulate a response to the big questions of global environmental policy: • What kind of climate change strategy, in both policy and governance, makes the most sense for the Copenhagen round? • And how does that international strategy connect with domestic politics in the world’s nations? Join faculty and students from the University of Pennsylvania and partner institutions in a cross-cultural exploration of environmental policy and international governance on the Penn LPS Open Learning Commons (OLC). Discuss issues surrounding environmental policy and sustainability with students presenting a report on the subject at the UN's World Civic Forum in Seoul. No enrollment. No fees. The OLC is an open academic environment to exchange ideas with students, faculty and other interested participants. Join the discussion today at: http://pennlpscommons.org/ We look forward to your active participation, feedback, and ideas. Upcoming Commons offerings will include seminars, lectures, groups centering on a topic of inquiry, credit and non-credit courses, and certificate programs (costs ranging from free to per-event fees to full tuition).
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Encourage contributions to the Global Environmental Debate via the "Penn LPS Commons"
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Free access to a University of Pennsylvania course that will have a positive impact on upcoming international policy!<br /><br />Contribute to the Global Environmental Debate as it Develops via the "Penn LPS Commons," a platform that is setting new benchmarks at the intersection of online learning and social networking.<br /><br />A critical concept to be leveraged via the Commons is to break the paradigm of exclusion and open windows of opportunity in the learning environment to participants beyond students enrolled in a particular course, program, or even university. The word “open” here applies to the concept that there will be open (free) access to the public to view course content such as lectures on YouTube and/or iTunesU, and to participate in faculty and student-led blogs, polls, and community discussion forums. This inaugural offering is a prototype of potential future offerings via the Commons. The United Nations and co-sponsors of the World Civic Forum have issued an official call to formulate a response to the big questions of global environmental policy: • What kind of climate change strategy, in both policy and governance, makes the most sense for the Copenhagen round? • And how does that international strategy connect with domestic politics in the world’s nations? Join faculty and students from the University of Pennsylvania and partner institutions in a cross-cultural exploration of environmental policy and international governance on the Penn LPS Open Learning Commons (OLC). Discuss issues surrounding environmental policy and sustainability with students presenting a report on the subject at the UN's World Civic Forum in Seoul. No enrollment. No fees. The OLC is an open academic environment to exchange ideas with students, faculty and other interested participants. Join the discussion today at: <a href="http://pennlpscommons.org/">http://pennlpscommons.org/</a> We look forward to your active participation, feedback, and ideas. Upcoming Commons offerings will include seminars, lectures, groups centering on a topic of inquiry, credit and non-credit courses, and certificate programs (costs ranging from free to per-event fees to full tuition).
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