Massive Open Online Course: Climate Change Policy and Public Health
GENERAL INFORMATION
UW-Madison and public libraries across the state are teaming up to help provide community members education about climate change and public health. Libraries will be hosting discussion sections for the MOOC and participating in “Bike to the Library” and other events.
This Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) will address how climate change is having and will continue to have a dramatic impact on global public health – from natural disasters and the increased spread of infectious disease to predicted crop losses and heat waves. The MOOC will bring in experts from around the globe to discuss three primary issues: renewable energy, agriculture and food, and urban design and active transport. All learners are welcome to participate regardless of prior experience to learn more about the human impact on climate change and, ultimately, public health.
Those interested in registering can do so here: https://moocs.wisc.edu/mooc/climate-change-policy-and-public-health/.
This project has two components: Bike to the Library Day and DIY Discussions
DIY Discussions
Libraries will be organizing and hosting discussions for each of the four weeks of the MOOC.
See a map of participating libraries, with location and discussion dates and times.
Support Materials
Getting Started Guide to DIY Discussions
Further reading from Wisconsin Digital Archives and BadgerLink
Climate Change Policy & Public Health MOOC Q&A site to post questions and find answers about the MOOC content.
Promotional Materials
Course Flyer – Half Sheet (2 per page)
Course Business Cards (10 per page)
Course Poster (11″ x 17″)
Library Information Sheet (to place next to above poster)
Course Poster (11″ x 17″ with space to enter library information directly into the poster)
Bike to the Library Saturday
A collaboration between the UW-Madison’s Climate Change Policy & Public Health Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), WiLS (formally Wisconsin Library Services), and the Wisconsin Bike Fed, this project aims to encourage community members to bike to the library on September 26th, 2015. Read all about it or get the Toolkit to participate.
Press for Bike to the Library Saturday
Isthmus
http://www.isthmus.com/events/bike-to-the-library/
Waterloo/Marshall Courier
http://www.hngnews.com/waterloo_marshall/community/arts_and_entertainment/article_91c447c0-5beb-11e5-bf98-03ccb68052c4.html
Eau Claire Leader Telegram
http://www.leadertelegram.com/Calendar/Events/Bike-to-the-Library-Saturday.html
Watertown Daily Times
http://www.wdtimes.com/news/local/article_9944b7a8-5e18-11e5-be0e-4fa074e9ac7c.html
Wisconsin Rapids Tribune:
http://www.wisconsinrapidstribune.com/story/news/local/community/2015/09/25/sept-26-bike-mcmillan-memorial-library/72793062/
Chippewa Valley Community Television:
http://www.cvctv.org/blog/2015/09/15/library-event-encourages-motorists-to-switch-gears/
Volume One, Eau Claire:
https://volumeone.org/sites/health/events/2015/09/26/168072_bike_to_the_library_saturday
Waupaca County News:
http://www.waupacanow.com/index.php/events/bike-to-the-library/
