Topics
The developed package of 27 lessons contains core-content (for credit points) with additional "optional" parts (supplements).
Lessons include text, images, animated models and interactive online exercises.
A wide range of alpine ecosystems is considered and the course includes modules on different integrated topics:
- Explore some characteristics (1 introductory lesson)
- Fragile alpine environments (3 lessons and a double lessons (A3))
- Plants & life processes (12 lessons)
- Animals (5 lessons)
- Landscape evolution (3 lessons)
The course may be followed as a whole or in part as assigned lessons.
Course language is English.
The content of each lesson is approximately equivalent to 90 minutes: web content (45 minutes) plus homework (exercises, reading and tests – also about 45 minutes). Work through the whole course
will take at least 60 work hours.
The navigation of each lesson is unique and non-linear. Each lesson is open in the sense that the order of and depth
to which topics may be explored is up to the user. The lessons have no thematic boundaries; they are linked together on different
levels.
Two supplementary modules allow further insight into alpine ecosystems:
- Alpine walks prepare students for field courses where they will gain direct experience of alpine ecosystems
- Visit the alpine shows examples of plant similarities in alpine regions of the world
