TOSCA Challenge
TOSCA Challenge
- SDG 11 – Nachhaltige Städte und Gemeinden
- Challenge
- 3 ECTS
- 75 h
- Online – Selbstlernangebot
- kostenlos
sustainable development, data-based analysis, geographic information systems, geospatial tools, open learning, new urban planning
Das wirst Du lernen
You will be guided in putting the knowledge acquired in the advanced course (Sustainable Urban Development through Digital Planning Tools), which is required to participate in this challenge, into practice.
This challenge will help you reflect on the basic concepts of digital planning of the urban environment and consolidate the inputs provided in the form of analyses through group activities such as formulating a practical use case for a specific context. You will be able to reflect on the applicability of TOSCA in support of the SDGs. By the end of the course, you should be able to:
• Understand the role of digital tools in the new era of planning.
• Analyze the advantages of open-source tools.
• Gather basic ideas about what geographic information systems (GIS) can do for planning and how TOSCA can make them more accessible.
• Reflect on TOSCA's contribution to addressing the challenges identified in the SDGs.
Damit wirst Du Dich beschäftigen
Goal: One of the overarching goals of this course is to work together to strengthen education in Hamburg: You are part of a real challenge and an interdisciplinary team.
How does it work?: A Hamburg institution in the field of education provides an abstract set of topics as a basic starting point, and you work on ideas for solutions to this specific challenge.
Course structure: This challenge course was designed as a group activity and is based on self-directed learning. The idea behind self-directed learning is that learners work through the content at their own pace and according to their own schedule. In contrast to traditional classroom learning or cohort-based learning, self-directed learning is guided by the learner themselves and not by the course instructor.
Milestones: Throughout the challenge, you will receive activities to complete with your group. There are certain deadlines that must be met, which we call milestones. A milestone can be understood here as an important step or event in the development of something.
Appointments: If your group finds that it needs help understanding a particular task, the instructors available for this course are available for online consultation. Please contact the instructor by email to arrange an online appointment.
So lernst Du
The proposed structure of this challenge will be carried out as group work. The groups will be formed by all course participants, and the tasks for the challenge will be worked on throughout the course in the originally formed groups.
The activities are divided into three main sections, which are
1. Engage: Kick-start activities that will guide you from the beginning through the exploration of general ideas and areas of interest to the definition of an actionable challenge.
2. Investigate: Follow-up activities that will help you move from formulating guiding questions to synthesizing what you have learned and drafting potential solutions through a process of exploring relevant resources.
3. Act: Once solutions are developed, practical activities help you test your solutions in real-world scenarios and reflect on them to reach meaningful conclusions.
