This course provides key resources and guidance for teachers and people interested in education and culture on why and how to integrate living heritage in their lessons and extracurricular activities in the school. Such lessons and activities aim to make learning more contextualized, relevant and engaging for students while they help raise awareness about the importance of safeguarding living heritage.    By the end of the course, the participant will:  Understand the benefits of using ICH in school programmes and activities. Gain capacity to develop lessons or activities, with at least one lesson or activity developed as part of the course. Build synergy with other education programs such as Education for Sustainable Development, Global Citizenship Education or Social and Emotional Learning, etc. Identify opportunities to develop more lessons or activities in her/his school context.   Whoever you are — policymaker, school director, teacher, student, parent, heritage practitioner — you have a vital role to play in this process. After finishing this online course, participants are invited to register for and attend one or both of the informative webinars. The webinars will provide you with opportunities to exchange information and ideas with curriculum developers, instructors, and fellow learners, and receive direct feedback from instructors on your newly developed lesson plan and activity. Register for the course now! Information about the launch and tutorial sessions will be sent directly to your email in due course. Sign up for the second three-hour webinar of ‘Bringing Living Heritage to the Classroom in Asia-Pacific’ taking place on 1 December 2022 < https://bit.ly/LivingHeritageED-AP2 > You will receive a Certificate of Participation from UNESCO for attending the online seminar. If you can develop lesson plans using Living Heritage in your country by 31 December 2022, you will receive a Certificate of Achievement from UNESCO! THE SECOND SEMINAR (Register at https://bit.ly/LivingHeritageED-AP2)  Date: Thursday, 1 December 2022 Facilitators: Vanessa Achilles                   Kamila Kenzhetaeva With contexts relevant to Central to East Asia Time: 15.00–18.00 (UTC+7/Bangkok time) coinciding with other time zones, some of which are listed below:       i.         UTC+2: 10.00-13.00     ii.         UTC+4.30: 12.30-15.30    iii.         UTC+5.30: 16.00-19.00    iv.         UTC+5.45: 13.45-16.45     v.         UTC+6: 14.00-17.00    vi.         UTC+8: 16.00-19.00   vii.         UTC+9: 17.00-20.00 Tentative Programme Duration Line-up of activities 5 min. Welcome to the seminar 5 min. Introducing our UNESCO project 15 min. What is a ‘living heritage’? Why is living heritage important for schools? (Module 1) 10 min. Voices from teachers and students in pilot countries of the project 20 min. Q&A and plenary discussion 20 min. 6 steps to create your own lesson plans (Modules 2-4) 10 min. Break 20 min. Idea-sharing by participants 15 min. Q&A and plenary discussion 20 min. Sustainable approaches to integrating living heritage into your classroom (Module 5) 10 mins. Voices from teachers and students in pilot countries of the project 20 min. Q&A and plenary discussion; testimonies from participants 5 min. Closing   Total: 185 minutes

Welcome to this course! Together we will explore how to build global competency and dialogue by using films. Throughout the course, you will engage in different activities including reflecting in the forum on current practices, goals, and aspirations. We will explore ways to use film to create social emotional learning opportunities and self-reflection, as well as to facilitate dialogue around the student experience of documentary film. In addition, we will develop methods for investigating film background and exploring essential questions. And finally, we will explore ways that film can inspire positive social change through action, advocacy and awareness. This learning experience will guide you to create and share a lesson plan and get feedback from your peers. You will also have an opportunity to share your experiences teaching your lesson in a short reflection paper.     Along with the following five sessions, three live sessions with the instructor will be made for the course participants!              

By the end of this course, you will unlock the power of film to take your students beyond school walls, inspiring them to be media and information-literate global citizens and active contributors to a more equitable and sustainable world.  We'll be taking a closer look at documentary films to explore the impact of visual storytelling to communicate ideas and inspire change. And, we’ll be guiding you through activities that will make it seamless to integrate film into your lessons.   Session 1 Documentary Film For Media and Information Literacy Session 2 Curate a collection of Social Impact Films and Resources Session 3  Implement The SIMA Challenge: 2030 Impact Campaign Session 4 Report your Impact  Deadline: You need to submit your impact by Oct. 15, 2022.

Storytelling is fast becoming a crucial skill for framing issues in a way that inspires positive change. In this course, participants will be introduced to some key concepts, and explore the potential storytelling holds to create empathy and understanding, as well as how it can be used to assert identity. Participants will also get an introduction to story building.    Title Creative Storytelling for Changemakers   Course Duration Run throughout the year Target Educators & general public   Course Details Module 1 The power of stories Module 2 What is a story? Module 3 Story and identity Module 4 Shaping stories for impact  Module 5 Building a story  Live sessions with Lisa van Wyk (All learners are strongly encouraged to join the sessions!) (The time is in KST (GMT+9), so please convert your own timezone)      

Welcome to From Trainer to Designer: An Introduction to Learning Experience Design. This Learning Experience Design course was specially made for GCED trainers and advocates like you. At the end of the four modules, you will transform your lesson plans, training activities, and materials into rich learning experiences driven by purpose and empathy. Before we begin, here are some things you'll need to know about the course:    This course is self-paced.  You are welcome to engage in a way and at a schedule that is convenient for you. To help you pace yourself, we have indicated the estimated number of hours it will take to finish each module. There will also be self-check prompts that will help you assess your own outputs.   This course has a project.  Throughout the modules, we will guide you through the process of designing your own GCED Learning Experience. By the end of the course, you will have designed a learning experience using Habi's MISMO Framework of LX Design.    This course offers options. We learn in different ways and have different levels of access and comfort with technology. We have videos, but we also have articles for those who prefer to read, or who might need low-bandwidth options. Don't forget to disable your pop-ups! Links will open in a new window.   This course can be collaborative.  As members of a global community, we each have our own perspectives and experiences to share with each other. We’ve created opportunities for you to exchange ideas and collaborate with your fellow learners. The forums are open and we invite you to share ideas from your contexts. You can also give each other feedback on your projects. Don't forget to follow our forum norms! 

  For the last 5-10 years the holistic Danish approach to teaching, learning and forming democratic minded and responsible citizens has generated significant international interest. This is due the fact that there is a rising worldwide realization that education in the 21st Century should focus on more than just preparing students to be part of the work-force, it also needs to facilitate the formation of responsible and reflecting members of society. The Danish understanding of education is guided by the concept of "almendannelse" . A concept that entails that the purpose of teaching is to form "whole" human beings, who are willing and able to become active, reflecting and responsible members of society, and has formed an approach to teaching  that focuses on academic competencies such as independent and critical thinking, "soft" social skills such as empathy and "understanding of the other,  and also strives to make sure that  learning is driven by inner student motivation.   In this course, the instructors will concentrate on the best features of the Danish approach to transformative learning, focusing on:      - Teaching independent and critical thinking      - Teaching democratic dialogue - including respect for fellow students      - Teaching students´ ability to reflect on their own identity as citizens      - Teaching working with inner motivation     During the modules the attendees will presented to pedagogical assignments/approaches to teaching, which they can try to implement in their own classes - on assignment approach related to each of the modules.