{"id":3823,"date":"2021-01-30T16:11:20","date_gmt":"2021-01-30T15:11:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.soilbelgium.be\/?p=3823"},"modified":"2021-01-30T16:11:20","modified_gmt":"2021-01-30T15:11:20","slug":"sssb-members-contribute-to-e-learning-on-soils","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.soilbelgium.be\/?p=3823","title":{"rendered":"SSSB members contribute to e-learning on soils"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>An introduction to soils  ecosystems and livelihoods in the tropics<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on Tropical Soil Science  is accessible online on the EdX platform. The MOOC was 2020 EdX prize finalist! The course, \u2018An introduction to soils  ecosystems and livelihoods in the tropics\u2019, is a production of KU Leuven  in collaboration with ISRIC &#8211; World Soil Information. The course,  supported by JRC and FAO, teaches about how soil properties vary across  tropical ecosystems and landscapes and their impact on biodiversity and  livelihoods. The MOOC introduces subscribers to basic concepts of soil  and soils in the tropics. It explains how soils develop, what their most  important features are, and how those insights can make land use more  sustainable. The major soils of five biomes are highlighted through  virtual excursions: forests, mountains, grasslands, deserts, and  wetlands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"240\" height=\"160\" src=\"http:\/\/www.soilbelgium.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Farmer-planting-rice-tropical-peat_West_Kalimantan_ISRIC_0485.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3833\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>The instructors of the MOOC are: prof. Karen Vancampenhout, em. Prof.  Seppe Deckers (both KU Leuven), and Stephan Mantel (Head of World Soil  Museum, ISRIC). Uniquely, scientists from different countries all over  the tropics will introduce subscribers to the MOOC to their work and  show them real-life examples of how they apply soil knowledge through  engaging videos and case studies.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An introduction to soils ecosystems and livelihoods in the tropics A Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on Tropical Soil Science is accessible online on the EdX platform. The MOOC was 2020 EdX prize finalist! The course, \u2018An introduction to soils ecosystems and livelihoods in the tropics\u2019, is a production of KU Leuven in collaboration with &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.soilbelgium.be\/?p=3823\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;SSSB members contribute to e-learning on soils&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":3833,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[391],"tags":[394,393,392,376],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.soilbelgium.be\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3823"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.soilbelgium.be\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.soilbelgium.be\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.soilbelgium.be\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.soilbelgium.be\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3823"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.soilbelgium.be\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3823\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3834,"href":"https:\/\/www.soilbelgium.be\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3823\/revisions\/3834"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.soilbelgium.be\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.soilbelgium.be\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.soilbelgium.be\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.soilbelgium.be\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}