Sustainable technology innovation course. Constructive and community-oriented learning postgraduate education
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Abstract
The International Seminar on Sustainable Technology Innovation is a course offered within the
framework of the Master of Sustainability of Barcelona Tech University.
The main goals of the course are: to connect experts, future researchers and policy-makers on real
topics where long-term technological system renewal is needed in order to fulfill sustainability
requirements; to increase the understanding of sustainable development in the long term and the role
of technology therein embedded in systems; to increase the capability to apply foresighting,
forecasting and backcasting; to contribute to the development of the scientific work competences of
students; to increase the ability of teachers to teach the approach of future imaging, foresighting,
forecasting and backcasting; to become an experts’ meeting point; and to create networking activities
among different groups and institutions.
The Course introduces methodology of Backcasting scenarios in real sustainability problems. The
learning environment is international, transdisciplinar, intergenarational and intercultural. It includes
stakeholders’ dialogues and discussions.
The course is organized around current sustainability-relevant topics, which are analyzed in case
studies based in different contexts: going from developed to developing countries and from local to
global cases. Students apply scenario methodologies to the case studies in order to set up the most
contextualized sustainable strategies. In 2012, UPC Barcelona Tech is running the course for the fifth
time. This year it is organized within the Erasmus Intensive Program framework financed by EU.
Students and lecturers from 6 European universities and with different backgrounds are participating
in the course.
The course is divided into 4 phases:
1- Local situation analysis. From March to May students analyze the topic in their own
countries/regions.
2- Case study analysis. In May, students are grouped into international, multidisciplinary teams and
define the current state of the case studies, as well as the questions and challenges that they pose.
3- Seminar at UPC. In June, students, lecturers and stakeholders meet in Barcelona, where the
course is run for two weeks in a presential framework.
4- Evaluation of the course. Students analyze their learning experience in terms of competences
acquisition.
So far more than 130 students, 30 lecturers and 50 stakeholders have participated in the course.
The topics analyzed in the course vary each year and are related to relevant sustainability challenges:
urban solid waste management; food & drinks packaging waste; overfishing and marine ecosystem
degradation; sustainable mobility and agro-ecology.
This paper explains more about the learning environment, as well as the challenges and lessons
learnt when organizing such a course, and the gains made by students.
CitacióSegalas, J.; Tejedor-Papell, G. Sustainable technology innovation course. Constructive and community-oriented learning postgraduate education. A: International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies. "Proceedings of EDULEARN12 Conference". Barcelona: 2012, p. 0540-0547.
Dipòsit legalV-1971-2012
ISBN978-84-695-3491-5
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