Don't forget our popular MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) course will be starting on the 9th February. It's not too late to sign up.
Are you a native Mandarin Chinese or Spanish speaker? This time we will have an option to watch the videos translated into your native language and we hope this will be useful.
Further enrichment: We will
also be adding an optional unassessed week to the course to cover supplementary
topics that might be of interest.
This is a free course. Sign up today:
Animal welfare
is often an emotive subject provoking heated debates and sometimes radical
action. However it is also a challenging science based subject that involves
consideration of animal emotions and how we can best understand the world from
the perspective of a different species.
Through a free
online course, animal behaviour and welfare experts from the Jeanne Marchig
International Animal Welfare Centre at the University of Edinburgh, will
provide knowledge and understanding about the application of animal behaviour
and the science of animal welfare. This will ensure that viewers are better
equipped to argue for or against a specific issue relating to animal care,
management or use, using a rigorous, evidence based approach.
Jill MacKay,
Hayley Walters, Natalie Waran, Heather Bacon, and Fritha Langford (L to R) and
dogs Stewart, Muthie and Matthilda (L to R)
During the course
of the 6 week period, viewers will be provided with a real world view of animal
welfare and the work of the animal welfare researcher, as well as interactive
sessions and discussion on topics ranging from; why animal welfare matters from
a global perspective, how science can help to advance animal welfare, why
animal feelings are central to animal welfare, to the truth about dogs and
cats, the ethics and welfare of keeping animals in zoos and how we can deal
with farm animal welfare problems.
Animal
welfare often means different things to different people, and opinions are
varied and debates often heated. But if we are to achieve higher standards of
animal welfare worldwide, we need to be able to rely on more than our emotional
response. We need to provide scientifically validated evidence that will help
persuade those with competing agendas and from different parts of the world
where animals and their needs are less well recognised, that animal welfare
matters, not just to animals but also for human wellbeing. Providing credible
and accessible animal welfare education such as this free online course, will
help to provide knowledge and understanding that can be used to more
convincingly argue for animals, the important role they play in many aspects of
our lives and the importance of ensuring that their welfare needs are met’
Professor Nat Waran, Director Jeanne Marchig International Centre for
Animal Welfare Education
The
Coursera Partnership
These Massive Open
Online Courses (MOOCs) are being delivered via the Coursera partnership - a
network of leading international universities which offer short
undergraduate-level online courses free of charge.
If you are
interested in the School's MOOCs, more information can be found on the Coursera
website where you can also sign up for the courses.
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