What happens when creativity and science come together? The power to design our world is unleashed, providing tools to inform choices about how we live! Geodesign is the glue—it’s a process that deploys creativity to connect information to people, using collaboration to better inform how we design our world.
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Geodesign: Change Your World
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Beginner Level
Approx. 11 hours to complete
English
Subtitles: French, Portuguese (European), Russian, English, Spanish, Romanian
Learner Career Outcomes
50%
started a new career after completing these courses
80%
got a tangible career benefit from this course
Flexible deadlines
Reset deadlines in accordance to your schedule.
Shareable Certificate
Earn a Certificate upon completion
100% online
Start instantly and learn at your own schedule.
Beginner Level
Approx. 11 hours to complete
English
Subtitles: French, Portuguese (European), Russian, English, Spanish, Romanian
Offered by
The Pennsylvania State University
Founded in 1855 as Pennsylvania's only land-grant university, The Pennsylvania State University combines academic rigor with a vibrant campus life. A nationally recognized Research-I institution, Penn State teaches students to be leaders with a global perspective.
Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
2 hours to complete
Week 1: Shared Languages
This week we’ll begin your geodesign journey by helping you understand that the roots of geodesign are comprised of languages we all share. By languages I mean commonalities everyone can relate to; for example: our awareness of the spaces around us, our connection to place (location), and the way we deal with problem solving nearly everyday.
2 hours to complete
4 videos (Total 24 min), 8 readings, 1 quiz
2 hours to complete
Week 2: The Three D's of Geodesign
In this second week we begin piecing together some of the key components that are central to the geodesign process. These happen to all start with "D": Design, Decision, and Data. By the end of this lesson I hope you will recognize how these three key components are interrelated.
2 hours to complete
3 videos (Total 31 min), 6 readings, 1 quiz
2 hours to complete
Week 3: The Three C's of Geodesign
In this third week you will begin to recognize the complexities inherent in the geodesign process.We will also get into two topics that without which, geodesign is likely to fail: computation and collaboration. As it happens these all begin with “C,” hence this week is the Three C's of Geodesign. By the end of this lesson I hope you will recognize how these three key topics are put into action to accomplish geodesign.
2 hours to complete
3 videos (Total 31 min), 5 readings, 1 quiz
2 hours to complete
Week 4: The Influence of Context
In this fourth week you will gain an understanding about the interrelationships of the physical and human aspects that contribute to how geodesign strategies are composed. Those physical and human aspects comprise the context for a geodesign challenge, so this lesson is titled "The Influence of Context." By the end of this lesson I hope you will recognize that through understanding the cultural and physical context of a place your geodesign team will be better equipped to propose sustainable solutions.
2 hours to complete
3 videos (Total 24 min), 5 readings, 1 quiz
Reviews
TOP REVIEWS FROM GEODESIGN: CHANGE YOUR WORLD
by JVSep 27, 2018
This course is so well presented that it seems unlikely that even the most casual student won't learn essential principles of geodesign and be able to apply them to real life situations.
by NYApr 11, 2021
The course was nicely presented,brief and self explanatory especially the maim lectures. I really appreciate the course because I learnt newthings I never knew about before.
by APJun 9, 2019
Liked the guest lectures and the examples. Very apt case studies to help understand and learn from every week's main lecture.
by YPAug 1, 2020
It broadened my thinking on how we can approach solution in the built environment.
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