The different types of online courses
The MOOC Conservation online courses train people involved in nature conservation, in Africa and in the world.
Different types of course are available, depending on the needs, profiles and availability of each individual.
Our MOOCs
“Our MOOCs” refer to the MOOCs developed by IUCN Papaco. These free online intend to train stakeholders involved in the conservation of protected areas, and of nature in general, in Africa or elsewhere.
Seven MOOCs are available: Protected area management, Ecological monitoring, Law enforcement, Species conservation, Valorisation of resources and sustainable tourism, New technologies and Marine protected areas.
Attestation of success: learners who have achieved an average score of 75% or higher on the MOOC exams receive an immediately downloadable certificate of completion. Learners can add this certificate to their LinkedIn profiles.
Online Certificate: if a learner successfully completes all MOOCs, he or she can take an online proctored exam to receive a Certificate in Protected Area Conservation. This is a university diploma awarded by Senghor University.
Our Tutorials
Tutorials are online courses that are more specialised than MOOCs. They cover very specific topics that are briefly mentioned in the MOOCs: essentially, a toolbox to address targeted issues for successful nature conservation.
Tutorials: Nature conservation education, WORDS of nature conservation
Our Essentials
The Essentials are a condensed version of the MOOCs designed to meet the specific needs of professionals in protected areas. We selected fifty MOOC videos per Essential for four levels of responsibilities:
– Ranger Essential: one who executes orders
– Manager-Law Essential: manager specialised in law enforcement
– Manager-Research Essential: manager specialised in research
– Leader Essential: decision-maker working outside protected areas (government ministry, NGO, etc.).
Partner courses
Here, we distinguish two types of courses:
- Partner courses hosted on mooc-conservation.org
- Partner courses that we promote here but hosted elsewhere. You can find them here.
About MOOC Conservation
MOOC Conservation is an online course platform on nature conservation, developed by the IUCN-PAPACO (Protected Areas Programme for Africa & Conservation of the International Union for Conservation of Nature) and its partners. These courses are offered in both French and English and are completely free. Welcome!
