Education as a tool for conservation
For the development of the virtual course, teaching and learning objectives were proposed and provided through two units: one on basic concepts and the other on practical tools for conservation. This process provided basic elements for understanding the relationship between biodiversity and the reality of the territories, as well as the identification of tools that facilitate the management of conservation areas by municipal representatives.
The participants developed the course over a period of one month, with an hourly intensity of 24 hours on the platform of the Escuela Superior de Administración Pública -ESAP- which uses a Moodle format.
- Achieving a virtual course built jointly with ten institutions and in partnership with the Escuela Superior de Administración Pública-ESAP-, this participatory process facilitated the success of the course.
- The course certificate issued by ESAP gives points on the resume (i.e. incentive or stimulus) to people working in public administration.
- The dissemination of the call for the course was made through the networks of several institutions, which allowed a wide dissemination and the enrollment of 2100 people.
In the implementation of the course, some lessons learned were identified, such as:
- Having a joint work strategy
- Working under a vision of coordinated action
- It is necessary to have the support of a group of professionals, experts in the different topics: pedagogue, proofreader and visualizer to transmit complex concepts, often new or unfamiliar to local governments.