Learning with Uforest: opportunities for students

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Presentation by the Politecnico di Milano at the event "Urban forests between challenges and opportunities" held on the 15.02.2023 at the Politecnico di Milano and online.

Learning with Uforest:
opportunities for students
Sofia Paoli, DAStU Politecnico di Milano
15.02.2023

Starting from research, best
practices, and needs
analyses, the Uforest team
has developed high-quality
learning materials and
tailored urban forestry
training.

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● Introduction to the course
● 1 - History of urban forestry
● 2 – Urban Forestry planning and design
● 3 – Urban forest ecology
● 4 – Socioeconomics - Governance and community
engagement
● 5 – Entrepreneurship and innovation
● 6 - Final assessment
● 7 - Live events - Urban Forest Case Studies
Experts teaching: Cecil Konijnendijk, Maria Chiara Pastore, Sofia Paoli, Rik De Vreese,
Ilaria Doimo, Sergiu Florea, Jorge Olivar, Lluis Pesquer, Joan Pino, Nadina Galle, Nita
Mihai, Abrudan Ioan, Jordi Martinez-Villalta, Erica Alghisi, Lara Giamporcaro, Riccardo
Da Re, Arianna Ruberto, Francesca di Pietro, Mary-Lee Rhodes, Colm O’Driscoll, Alex
Pra.
The MOOC “Nature in the city: turning knowledge into urban forestry practice” is structured in 7
interdisciplinary weeks:

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The course is structured in 7 Weeks (Modules):
● Introduction to the course
● 1 - History of urban forestry
● 2 – Urban Forestry planning and design
● 3 – Urban forest ecology
● 4 – Socioeconomics - Governance and community engagement
● 5 – Entrepreneurship and innovation
● 6 - Final assessment
● 7 - Live events - Urban Forest Case Studies
The weeks include different lessons :texts, videos, quizzes, individual
self-reflection exercises, and discussion with peers.
There are also:
● two live events focused on exploring innovative case studies and
deepening the strengths and challenges of Urban Forestry
projects;
● additional resources, collected in the Explore more session, to
achieve a greater level of awareness of the topics.

First 2 months results of the MOOC “Nature in the city: turning knowledge into urban forestry practice”
671
Enrolled Participants
570
Active Participants
(Data from 6th of February 2023)
33
Earned Certificates

First 2 months results of the MOOC “Nature in the city: turning knowledge into urban forestry practice”
40%
Of users are between
26 and 35 years old
50%
Of users have a Master or PhD
(Data from 6th of February 2023)
62%
Are workers
What is your age?

Greening your city: develop your urban forestry project
Module 1 Politecnico di Milano
Design an URBAN FOREST
Module 2 Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Assessing Urban Forest Ecosystem Services (UFES) through Earth Observation and
local data
Module 3 Transilvania University of Brasov
Mapping and monitoring the dynamics of the urban tree/forest ecosystem
Module 4
Trinity College Dublin
Strategic Leadership of the Nature-based Enterprise

In the next months,
practitioners workshops
will be organized and scheduled
Check
www.uforest.eu

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