General description of the course from University of Groningen
The course consists of 2 parts:
Part A) Scientists’ writing and oral skills for science communication: This module consists of two activities in a workshop style (2 hours) followed by individual work (2 hours).
The main objectives:
- How to write about science for a non-scientific audience
- How to speak about science for a non-scientific audience
The course consists of 2 basic activities:
- Writing about science for a non-scientific audience.
- Speaking about science for a non-scientific audience.
Part B) Sustainability issues - This module consists of two activities in a workshop style (2 hours) followed by individual work (2 hours).
The main objectives:
- Knowing what sustainability issues exist in the world today
- How to write an effective communication strategy regarding a sustainability issue
The course consists of 2 basic activities:
- What sustainability issues do we have in the world today?
- How to tackle sustainability issues; a communication perspective.
This courses demonstrate and approach scientific work through various activities and experiments.
The course is developed in a mixed format. In particular, the target group must explore in advance several selected resources related to the topics under investigation (based on the resources that can be found in the Toolkit and the developed infographic, participate in online teaching based on independent work and experiments. Participants must also work with materials available on http://project-stage.eu/.
At the same time, the whole unit is supplemented with asynchronous teaching and individual work. The whole module aims at a deeper final online discussion and reflection, while working with the active participation in the topic.Duration of course: 4 hours + 4 hours
Target group:
Scientists, Researchers, Early Career Researchers, Faculty members involved in science communication activities, science communicators, and science communication students.
Expertise needed per target group: The target groups need no prior expertise.Assessment:
Peer assessment: the participants will provide feedback on each other’s work. Guideline questions:
- Which parts of the written article are clear, and which parts are less clear? Why?
- How could the article be improved (e.g. the use of jargon, the structure, etc.)?
- Is the article simple enough for a non-scientific audience to understand?
- Which parts of the presentation are clear, and which parts are less clear? Why?
- How could the presentation be improved (e.g. slides, speed, amount of information, etc.)
- Is the presentation simple enough for a non-scientific audience to understand?
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