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Co-Production in Adaptive Environmental Management

Co-Production in Adaptive Environmental Management

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Beginner level
No prior experience required
1 week to complete
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Determine the most effective use of science and technical information to impact management approaches across a range of environmental issues.

  • Build and maintain working relationships with project team members in person, and in virtual or hybrid work environments.

  • Develop project delivery and management approaches for complex, multi-organization teams for varying project sizes and complexities.

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32 assignments

Taught in English

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This course is part of the Environmental Project Management Specialization
When you enroll in this course, you'll also be enrolled in this Specialization.
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There are 5 modules in this course

Unlock Your Potential in Environmental Project Management.

Are you ready to excel in leading complex environmental projects and drive sustainable outcomes? This course is designed to equip you with cutting-edge adaptive management practices and leadership skills essential for navigating distributed environments and tackling intricate environmental challenges. Empowering Team Members and Stakeholders Through this course, you will learn how to empower team members closest to the work by fostering decision-making and ownership, ensuring every stakeholder plays a vital role in co-producing sustainable solutions. You will explore strategies to build and facilitate great partnerships, from assembling high-performing teams to establishing motivation, framing purpose, and creating psychological safety that amplifies collaboration and mitigates risks during project execution. Adaptive Management Across Environmental Sectors Whether your focus is on climate change, ecological systems, biodiversity, land management, international development, natural resource management, water resources, or wetland protection, adaptive management and stakeholder engagement are central to achieving impactful results. This course emphasizes trust-building across diverse teams and provides actionable insights into implementing interventions and iterative feedback loops to align efforts and achieve shared goals. Strategic Management Frameworks You will gain expertise in establishing clear management processes and strategic execution frameworks that enhance decision-making at all levels. Learn how to apply management strategies such as Objectives and Key Results (OKRs), agile team design, and adaptive execution frameworks to coordinate efforts effectively without dictating direction. These approaches foster feedback, strengthen partnerships, and encourage participatory adaptive management. Real-World Case Studies The course culminates with an in-depth case study on the Chesapeake Bay watershed and sustainability. Dive into real-world examples of adaptive management in action, including the Chesapeake fisheries, to understand water quality, regulatory impacts, and the success of active adaptive management. These lessons will empower you to model adaptive management practices for your own environmental projects, influencing future management, fostering healthy ecosystems, and driving sustainability. Join the Journey to Leadership in environmental project management and make a lasting impact on the world.

This module introduces the course and the concept of co-production, highlighting its key principles and the collaborative nature of the process. It emphasizes the importance of engaging with stakeholders, communities, interested parties, the need to avoid barriers between different disciplines, the benefits and challenges of co-production, as well as the role of the change agent in this type of innovative environmental project.

What's included

10 videos13 readings10 assignments

10 videos•Total 37 minutes
  • Co-Production Introduction•4 minutes
  • Dr. Bill Dennison•5 minutes
  • Module 1 Overview Video•1 minute
  • Introduction Video: Module 1•0 minutes
  • 1.1: Video: Production & Chesapeake•4 minutes
  • 1.2: Roles and Responsibilities of Rights Holders, Duty Bearers, Facilitators•6 minutes
  • 1.3: Benefits: Open Innovation in Environmental Problem-Solving•5 minutes
  • 1.4: Challenges of Co-production in Environmental Management - Video Lesson•4 minutes
  • 1.5: Role of Change Agents•4 minutes
  • Approaches and Frameworks•3 minutes
13 readings•Total 25 minutes
  • Orientation and Welcome•3 minutes
  • Course Syllabus•5 minutes
  • Class Staff: Dr. Bill Dennison•3 minutes
  • Class Staff: John Johnson•2 minutes
  • Leverage Your Learning Today!•1 minute
  • Module 1 Overview•1 minute
  • Module 1: Learning Objectives•1 minute
  • 1.1 Key Points: Co-Production in Environmental Management•2 minutes
  • 1.2: Key Points: Roles and Responsibilities of Rights Holders, Duty Bearers, Facilitators•2 minutes
  • 1.3 Key Points: Benefits of Open Innovation & Problem-Solving Approaches•2 minutes
  • 1.4: Challenges of Co-production in Environmental Management - Lesson Summary•1 minute
  • 1.5 Key Points: Change Agents•1 minute
  • Key Points: Approaches and Frameworks•1 minute
10 assignments•Total 57 minutes
  • Module 1 Assessment•30 minutes
  • 1.1: Activity: Production & Chesapeake•2 minutes
  • 1.1: Knowledge Check: Production & Chesapeake•3 minutes
  • 1.2: Activity: Roles and Responsibilities of Rights Holders, Duty Bearers, Facilitators•2 minutes
  • 1.2: Knowledge Check: Roles and Responsibilities of Rights Holders, Duty Bearers, Facilitators•3 minutes
  • 1.3: Activity: Benefits: Open Innovation in Environmental Problem-Solving•5 minutes
  • 1.3: Knowledge Check: Benefits: Open Innovation in Environmental Problem-Solving•3 minutes
  • 1.4: Knowledge Check: Challenges of Co-production in Environmental Management•3 minutes
  • 1.5: Knowledge Check: Role of Change Agents•3 minutes
  • 1.6: Knowledge Check: Approaches and Frameworks•3 minutes

This module discusses the concept of "strategic doing," an agile and action-oriented framework for developing strategic collaborations and open complex networks.

What's included

6 videos9 readings7 assignments

6 videos•Total 42 minutes
  • Module 2 Introduction•2 minutes
  • 2.1: Video: Strategic Doing•10 minutes
  • 2.2: Video: Strategic Doing Fundamentals•6 minutes
  • 2.3: Video: Shift to Modern Leadership•10 minutes
  • 2.4: Video: From Teamwork to Network•9 minutes
  • 2.5: Video: Trust•5 minutes
9 readings•Total 23 minutes
  • Week 2 Introduction•1 minute
  • 2.1: Key Points: Strategic Doing•2 minutes
  • 2.1: Activity: Strategic Doing •1 minute
  • 2.2: Key Points: Strategic Doing Fundamentals•2 minutes
  • 2.2: Activity : Strategic Doing Fundamentals•5 minutes
  • 2.3: Key Points: Shift to Modern Leadership•2 minutes
  • 2.4: Key Points: From Teamwork to Network•3 minutes
  • 2.5: Key Points: Trust•2 minutes
  • 2.5 Activity: Trust •5 minutes
7 assignments•Total 200 minutes
  • Module 2 Assessment•180 minutes
  • 2.1: Knowledge Check: Strategic Doing•2 minutes
  • 2.2: Knowledge Checks Strategic Doing Fundamentals•2 minutes
  • 2.3: Activity: Shift to Modern Leadership•10 minutes
  • 2.3: Knowledge Check: Shift to Modern Leadership•2 minutes
  • 2.4: Knowledge Check: From Teamwork to Network•2 minutes
  • 2.5: Knowledge Check: Trust•2 minutes

This module discusses a framework for effective network leadership, involving four key skills: talk, envision, advance, and motivate.

What's included

5 videos8 readings6 assignments

5 videos•Total 46 minutes
  • Introduction Video: Module 3•5 minutes
  • 3.1: Video: Talk•14 minutes
  • 3.2: Video: Envision•9 minutes
  • 3.3: Video: Analyze•8 minutes
  • 3.4: Video: Motivate•9 minutes
8 readings•Total 19 minutes
  • Module 3 Introduction•1 minute
  • 3.1: Key Points: Talk•2 minutes
  • Activity: Talk•2 minutes
  • 3.2: Key Points: Envision•3 minutes
  • 3.3: Key Points: Analyze•2 minutes
  • 3.3: Activity: Analyze•3 minutes
  • 3.4: Key Points: Motivate•3 minutes
  • 3.4: Activity: Motivate•3 minutes
6 assignments•Total 40 minutes
  • Module 3 Quiz•30 minutes
  • 3.1: Knowledge Check: Talk•2 minutes
  • 3.2: Activity: Envision•1 minute
  • 3.2: Knowledge Check: Envision•2 minutes
  • 3.3: Knowledge Check: Analyze•3 minutes
  • 3.4: Knowledge Check: Motivate•2 minutes

This module summarizes stakeholder engagement to collaboration and ultimately to co-production in environmental management efforts in the Chesapeake Bay.

What's included

5 videos6 readings7 assignments

5 videos•Total 24 minutes
  • Module 4 Introduction•3 minutes
  • Socio-environmental Report Card Overview•5 minutes
  • 4.2:Video: Outreach and Development of the Chesapeake Bay Report Card•7 minutes
  • 4.3:Video: Collaboration•4 minutes
  • 4.4: Video: Collaboration to Co-production•4 minutes
6 readings•Total 8 minutes
  • Module 4 Introduction•1 minute
  • 4.1: Key Points: Overview of Socio-environmental Report Cards•1 minute
  • 4.1: Activity: Chesapeake Bay Socio-Environmental Report Card•3 minutes
  • 4.2: Key Points: Outreach and Development of the Chesapeake Bay Report Card•1 minute
  • 4.3: Key Points: Collaboration•1 minute
  • 4.4: Key Points: Co-Production•1 minute
7 assignments•Total 46 minutes
  • Module 4 Assessment•30 minutes
  • 4.1: Activity: Chesapeake Bay Socio-Environmental Report Card•2 minutes
  • 4.1: Knowledge Check: Introduction•3 minutes
  • 4.2: Activity: Outreach•2 minutes
  • 4.2: Knowledge Check: Outreach•3 minutes
  • 4.3: Knowledge Check: Collaboration•3 minutes
  • 4.4: Knowledge Check: Co-Production•3 minutes

This module will test what you have learned throughout the course.

What's included

1 video2 readings2 assignments

1 video•Total 3 minutes
  • Professional Certificate Wrap-up•3 minutes
2 readings•Total 2 minutes
  • Course Wrap-up•1 minute
  • Feedback•1 minute
2 assignments•Total 47 minutes
  • Final Assessment•45 minutes
  • Feedback Quiz•2 minutes

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