*Celebrating Spatial Planning at TU Delft: 2008-2019. Edited by Stead, Bracken, Rooij & Rocco
This is a summary of the achievements of the session Spatial Planning & Strategy of the Department of Urbanism, Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, TU Delft, led by Professor Vincent Nadin between 2008 and 2019.
This is a summary of the achievements of the session Spatial Planning & Strategy of the Department of Urbanism, Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, TU Delft, led by Professor Vincent Nadin between 2008 and 2019.
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Urbanism . <strong>TU</strong> <strong>Delft</strong> 87<br />
Teaching the world about<br />
planning via MOOCs<br />
REMON ROOIJ<br />
Several <strong>Sp<strong>at</strong>ial</strong> <strong>Planning</strong> and<br />
Str<strong>at</strong>egy Section staff members<br />
contribute to <strong>TU</strong> <strong>Delft</strong>’s<br />
successful endeavour of teaching<br />
the world via Massive Open Online<br />
Courses (MOOCs) via the EdX<br />
pl<strong>at</strong>form. Each MOOC <strong>at</strong>tracts tens<br />
of thousands of learners from all<br />
over the world. They experience<br />
activ<strong>at</strong>ing and interactive learning<br />
environments which consist of short<br />
knowledge clips, quizzes, and assignments<br />
to upload (including clips<br />
where the professors also reflect on<br />
their work), and social pl<strong>at</strong>forms.<br />
With the MOOC “Urban Design for<br />
the Public Good: Dutch Urbanism”<br />
the Department of Urbanism<br />
presents the integr<strong>at</strong>ed Dutch way<br />
of urbanism. The United N<strong>at</strong>ions<br />
compiled a list of MOOCs helping to<br />
teach about the UN’s Sustainable<br />
Development Goals and three of the<br />
BK Bouwkunde MOOCs, in which SPS<br />
staff particip<strong>at</strong>e, were selected. The<br />
course “Healthy aging in 6 steps”<br />
teaches the importance of Sustainable<br />
Development Goal 3: “Good<br />
health and well-being”. This course<br />
teaches students to make healthy<br />
choices and adjustments to lifestyle<br />
and environments to live healthier,<br />
happier, and longer lives. With the<br />
Amsterdam Institute for Advanced<br />
Metropolitan Solutions (AMS) course<br />
“Sustainable urban development:<br />
Discover advanced metropolitan<br />
solutions”, students learn why cities<br />
are key to resolving global urbanis<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
and sustainability challenges.<br />
And thirdly, the MOOC “Rethink the<br />
city: new approaches to global and<br />
local urban challenges” also teaches<br />
Sustainable Development Goal<br />
11: “Sustainable cities and communities”.<br />
In this course, students<br />
explore altern<strong>at</strong>ive theories and<br />
innov<strong>at</strong>ive solutions for urban challenges<br />
in the Global South.<br />
Fig.52: Opening slides for MOOCs in which SPS has taken an active role. Various authors.
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