e-courses for masters: online fundamental semester for master on climate – related science disciplines
Abstract
The Climate Graduate School of the Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace (CGS-IPSL) is
currently developing a series of seven courses online for Master students. On these seven
courses of 3 ECTS each, three have a strong focus on the ocean: Dynamics of the Ocean and
Atmosphere; Contemporary Biogeochemical Cycles; Study of Paleo-climates. Each course is led
by a pair of university teachers specialists in their field accompanied by a pedagogical and
graphic team in order to design all resources specifically adapted to graduate students and
online education. Indeed, our first goal is to open these courses as self-paced learning under
the IPSL Learning Management System (Moodle) to students who will be joining CGS-IPSL
masters without having all the prerequisites so that they can update their academic
background. These courses could also be open to second year CGS IPSL Master students who
aimed at acquiring credits on a secondary theme not necessarily developed in their master (e.g.
on biogeochemistry for students registered in an ocean – climate master). Finally all the e-
resources developed will be made available at least to the educational community of the CGS-
IPSL that include several Universities in and around Paris (Sorbonne Universite, Paris Saclay,
Universite Versailles Saint Quentin, Université Paris Est Créteil...) in order to reuse these
resources for higher education either on-line or face-to-face courses. The courses will be
available in both French and English so that international students can have access to these e-
resources.