Episode 1 - Introducing the Project Idea

Show notes

In this episode, we are going to listen to 2 professors who are partners in the DITTS project which is funded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD):

Prof. Dr. Luciana Brandli, Coordinator for the Gradutate Programme in Civil Engineering and the coordinator of the Green Office at the university of Passo Fundo in Brazil and

Prof. Dr. Rudi Pretorius, Associate Professor at the Department of Geography and the coordinator of the undergraduate programme in environmental managemenent from the University of South Africa.

They will share insights and learnings from the implementation of the DITTS project, which started at the beginning of 2022 and will be finalised by the end of 2025. The aim is to create open educational teaching materials - socalled OER - for higher education institutions about the SDGs.

All materials created will be available on the learning platform Digital Learning for Sustainable Development

Thanks to the "Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst" (https://www.daad.de/de/infos-services-fuer-hochschulen/weiterfuehrende-infos-zu-daad-foerderprogrammen/sdg-partnerschaften/) for the funding!

And a special thanks to René Deutschmann for your media editoring and podcast prearation & recording expertise! It's great to have you onboard! https://renedeutschmann.de/