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2. STRENGTHENING ENERGY AND CLIMATE LITERACY WITH MICROLEARNING AND OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCESMojca Drevenšek, 2023, master's thesis Abstract: This master’s thesis is motivated by the desire to actively engage Slovenian youth in co-creating our energy and climate future. The background is the growing interest in effective energy transition at the national, EU and global levels, and we specifically focus on the role of education in achieving this goal. The main problem we address is the need for improvement of energy- and climate-related non-formal youth education to increase their interest in the topic, and motivate their engagement in public discussions and the policy-making processes. To tackle this problem, we use the existing En-ROADS energy and climate interactive simulation tool and the accompanying online training series and complement it with new learning materials and learning activities, developed in our educational project. Our approach focuses on open education practices and the co-creation of open educational resources (OER), supported by microlearning via social media (Instagram). We develop a novel approach to address the problem by involving youth in a non-formal open educational process where they are invited to co-create the content and format of learning materials, decide on the technologies used, and affect the implementational process of the key learning activities. The main contributions of the thesis are the developed OERs, which can be adapted, reused or remixed by other stakeholders in the field of energy and climate education, and the recommendations for educators both in the field of energy and climate topics as well as in other fields, related to education for sustainable development. The main methodological finding of the thesis focuses on the importance of flexibility and adaptation of learning materials and activities according to the expressed interests and expectations of young learners. Their feedback needs to be carefully gathered and integrated into the implementation of the project. Keywords: energy literacy, climate literacy, open education, OER (open educational resources), microlearning, online learning, systems thinking Published in RUNG: 03.10.2023; Views: 1153; Downloads: 20 Full text (3,38 MB) |
3. Nanoscopic roughness characterization of chitosan with buried graphene oxide for fuel cell applicationAhmed Kreta, Egon Pavlica, Mojca Božič, Gvido Bratina, 2023, published scientific conference contribution Keywords: AFM, chitosan, graphene oxide, fuel cells, membrane, roughness Published in RUNG: 01.03.2023; Views: 1437; Downloads: 3 Full text (2,74 MB) This document has many files! More... |
4. Recent progress and applications of thermal lens spectrometry and photothermal beam deflection techniques in environmental sensingMladen Franko, Leja Goljat, Mingqiang Liu, Hanna Budasheva, Mojca Žorž, Dorota Korte, 2023, original scientific article Abstract: This paper presents recent development and applications of thermal lens microscopy (TLM) and beam deflection spectrometry (BDS) for the analysis of water samples and sea ice. Coupling of TLM detection to a microfluidic system for flow injection analysis (µFIA) enables the detection of microcystin-LR in waters with a four samples/min throughput (in triplicate injections) and provides an LOD of 0.08 µg/L which is 12-times lower than the MCL for microcystin-LR in water. µFIA-TLM was also applied for the determination of total Fe and Fe(II) in 3 µL samples of synthetic cloudwater.
The LODs were found to be 100 nM for Fe(II) and 70 nM for total Fe. The application of µFIA-TLM for the determination of ammonium in water resulted in an LOD of 2.3 µM for injection of a 5 µL sample and TLM detection in a 100 µm deep microfluidic channel. For the determination of iron
species in sea ice, the BDS was coupled to a diffusive gradient in the thin film technique (DGT). The 2D distribution of Fe(II) and total Fe on DGT gels provided by the BDS (LOD of 50 nM) reflected the distribution of Fe species in sea ice put in contact with DGT gels. Keywords: thermal lens microscopy, beam deflection spectrometry, microfluidic system, microcystin-LR detection, iron species determination, ammonium detection Published in RUNG: 03.01.2023; Views: 1379; Downloads: 24 Full text (2,90 MB) This document has many files! More... |
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10. Bioaerosol partitioning between the interstitial and condensed phase in mixed-phase clouds : lecture NOSA Symposium 2021, March 16th 2021, onlineTina Šantl Temkiv, Miha Živec, Mojca Benčina, Samo Stanič, Griša Močnik, 2021, unpublished conference contribution Keywords: bioaerosol, aerosol, mixed-phase clouds, LIDAR Published in RUNG: 22.11.2021; Views: 1883; Downloads: 45 Link to full text This document has many files! More... |