MOOC on Heritage Education

About Course

This MOOC offers introductory content on education in the field of cultural heritage to the participants in the Erasmus+ KA153 Youth Workers Mobility project INTERHERITAGE: sharing inclusive, intergenerational and cross-cutting heritage education practices with local communities in Europe (2025-3-ES02-KA153-YOU-000384338), cofunded by the European Union.

- Understand the fundamental concepts and scope of cultural heritage
- Examine the relationship between cultural heritage and local communities
- Explore the role of education in the protection and transmission of heritage
- Analyze digital approaches to heritage education and dissemination
- Understand the connection between heritage education and sustainability
- Identify inclusive and diverse perspectives in heritage interpretation and education
- Apply acquired knowledge to design or reflect on a heritage-related project

Course Content

Welcome! Course Introduction

General overview of the course
Overview of the course content
Introducing the instructors
Presentation of the participants

1. Introduction to Cultural Heritage

2. Cultural heritage and local comunities

3. Education and cultural heritage

4. Heritage Education: Digital environments

5. Heritage Education: Sustainability

6. Heritage Education: Inclusion and Diversity

7. Final thoughts: applicability to the project

Thanks and see you at San Millán de la Cogolla

About Course

What Will You Learn?

Course Content

Welcome! Course Introduction

Introducing the instructors

Presentation of the participants

1. Introduction to Cultural Heritage

1.2 What do we mean by Cultural Heritage?

1.3 The diversity of values and meanings in Cultural Heritage

1.4 How is Cultural Heritage protected?

1.5 Case study: the Monasteries of San Millán de Yuso and Suso as World Heritage Site

Quiz 1

2. Cultural heritage and local comunities

2.2 Participatory turn and critical perspectives

2.3 Community identities in Cultural Heritage

2.4 Types of community participation

2.5 Case study: the UNESCO World Heritage Volunteer in San Millán de la Cogolla

Quiz 2

3. Education and cultural heritage

3.2 What is Heritage Education?

3.3 Heritage Education Competencies for the 21st Century

3.4 The role of young people in Heritage Education

3.5 Case study: the Emilianensis Project

Quiz 3

4. Heritage Education: Digital environments

4.2 Introduction to new technologies applied to Heritage Education

4.3 Europeana as a platform for European Digital Heritage

4.4 The applicability of digital technologies to Heritage Education

4.5 Case study: European digital creativity projects in San Millán de la Cogolla

Quiz 4

5. Heritage Education: Sustainability

5.2 Sustainability in Cultural Heritage

5.3 Sustainability as an educational tool for the preservation of Cultural Heritage

5.4. What is a cultural landscape?

5.5 Case study: the cultural landscape of San Millán de la Cogolla

Quiz 5

6. Heritage Education: Inclusion and Diversity

6.2 Inclusion, diversity and accessibility in Cultural Heritage

6.3 Plurality and representativeness in Heritage Education

6.4 Strategies and tools for inclusivity and accessibility in Heritage Education

6.5 Case study: accessibility in the educational activities of the San Millán de la Cogolla Foundation

Quiz 6

7. Final thoughts: applicability to the project

7.2 Structure of a case study or basic fact sheet for a heritage education activity

7.3 Example of an activity used in this module

7.4 Planning and design of the activity

7.5 Implementation and development

7.6 Results and assessment

7.7 Final reflections

Thanks and see you at San Millán de la Cogolla

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