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How to use the material
The course material offered on these pages is meant for a vocational school course or upper secondary school course in renewable energy. It can also be used as a self-study course for a student or anyone interested in learning more about renewable energy. The course concept presented on this page is a proposal for how a course on renewable energy could be implemented using the slide and textbook material provided by Renewcology.
Course structure
The course on renewable energy sources has a modular structure, resembling the course material. Each block is called a "courselet", and each courselet has a specific difficulty level. The first block each student should take is the introduction courselet covering the first part of the course. In the introduction part all specific fields of renewable energy sources are presented and the importance of renewable energy is discussed. After that, the course focuses on specific renewable energy sources, where these are cover more in detail. The final level is either a practical part or a theoretical part. The practical part offers experimental work with a renewable energy source, while the theoretical part gives more theoretical insight regarding the renewable energy source chosen. The complete course is designed for 80-88 h of work for a student.
From a student's perspective
Since the course covers many different renewable energy sources, the student or the teacher can construct the course to suit specific needs.
General knowledge in renewable energy (about 84 h)
If a general knowledge in renewable energy is wanted, the best way carry out the course is by studying all the courselets in the second level. Since this requires a lot of time for the student, the third level can be skipped.
Specialist in a specific renewable energy source (about 88 h)
If the student or the teacher wants to focus on a specific subject, the student can study a total of 52 h in a specific renewable energy source by selecting the level 2 courselet and both the theoretical and practical course (if available) of level 3 regarding the same subject. In order to complete the course, the student should select a secondary subject about which he only reads level 2.
Practical vs. theoretical studies (about 84-88 h)
In order to better suit each type of school or the needs of the student, the course can be designed to have either a completely practical or theoretical approach.
If the course is purely theoretical, it can either give the students a general knowledge (as described above) or focus on two subjects by carrying out both level 2 and 3 in these subjects.
The similar approach can be applied to the practical approach, although the teacher can opt to leave out level 2 completely and select three practical level 3 courses instead. However, the teacher should then be aware that the students may not have sufficient knowledge regarding the subject to carry out completely the practical courses in level 3.
From a teacher's perspective
The course material supplied here in renewable energy sources can easily be modified by the teacher to suit the need for the course. The teacher can freely choose which parts to include and which parts to exclude for the course. If the teacher wants to include the whole course with all options, the estimated time use for the teacher is 284 hours. However, some level 3 courselets can be carried out as self-study courses in order to reduce the amount of work for the teacher.
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