Introduction to Sustainability and Development Course Review

Course Highlights
  • Deakin University via FutureLearn
  • 36,356+ already enrolled!
  • ★★★★★ 4.7 (291 Ratings)

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In this highly informative course, you will discover the impact of human activity on our planet in detail. The aim of the instructors is to help learners understand what can be done to make sure we have a sustainable future. Starting the course we will critically review diverse perspectives of sustainable development. After that, the instructors will investigate how interactions between human development and environmental life support systems are managed in real-world cases. Similarly, you will understand what actions have been taken so far for sustainable development.

Going further the instructor will explain how to identify the characteristics of sustainable development and be able to differentiate between development, sustainability, and sustainable development. Then you will understand some actions that are very important to be taken for a sustainable future.


TTC Course Analysis:

Following are the results of comprehensive analysis of “Introduction to Sustainability and Developmentt” online course by our team of experts.

TTC Rating
291 Reviews
4.7

TakeThisCourse Sentiment Analysis Results:

In order to facilitate our learners with real user experience, we performed sentiment analysis and text mining techniques that generates following results:

  • TTC analyzed a total of 291 reviews for this online course.
  • The analysis indicates that around 95% reviews were positive while around 05% of reviews had negative sentiment.
  • Deakin University’s online course received a total score of 4.7 out of 5, based on user opinions related to 4 effectiveness factors including content, engagement, quality practice and career benefit.

TTC Course Effectiveness:

Online Course Effectiveness Score
Content Engagement Practice Career Benefit
5.0 / 5.0
★★★★★
18 Reviews
4.8 / 5.0
★★★★★
20 Reviews
5.0 / 5.0
★★★★★
2 Reviews

Based on learner reviews we believe;

  • The content of this course is explained in a very clear manner.
  • The instructors did a great job explaining all the concepts and their delivery style was quite engaging.
  • The course offers additional learning materials for better understanding.
  • Overall the course is very interesting and worthwhile.

Pros & Cons:

Pros:

  • High rating of 4.7
  • Taught by skilled professionals
  • Offers engaging exercises

Cons:

  • Inconsistent content

What Learners Are Saying About this Course:

This section contains feedback that has been given by online learners about this course. Note that we have divided these reviews based on our main points mentioned below;

Content:

  • In my learning journey, I have come to a point where I am now more interested in being given the information instead of finding it out on my own. This course in this regard has given me everything I was hoping for. The content is great and covers all the tasks and concepts required to understand sustainability. The majority of the content was interesting and a lot of valid issues and concerns were raised. (Judith D, ★★★★★)
  • This course offers stimulating and thought-provoking content and I believe the level of content was just right for me. It was a challenging course but at the same time understandable and interesting to learn from. (Pascale L, ★★★★★)
  • I really loved this course as it offers a lot of useful information. The content was well set out and presented and I believe anyone can learn a lot from this course. (Susan N, ★★★★★)
  • This course has helped me a lot in updating my knowledge and I really think this course has everything one needs to understand all about sustainable development. The content was delivered in-depth but certainly accessible. This course made me feel like studying even more and I believe the course has given me the confidence I needed to further my understanding of this subject. (Amy W, ★★★★★)
  • I found this course to be very interesting. Loved every bit of this insightful course. It taught me so much about sustainability and offered a great and detailed introduction to sustainability and development. The contents, videos, illustrations, etc. were all great and updated. (Kudirat O, ★★★★★)

Engagement:

  • I thoroughly enjoyed learning from this well-structured and amazing course. I believe FutureLearn is a great platform that offers a user-friendly and comfortable interface. The level of the course was appropriate for me and I believe if the environment and sustainability is something you want to understand then this course is right for you. (Anthony M, ★★★★★)
  • Another highly engaging and informative course offered by FutureLearn where I sincerely enjoyed learning every bit of it. The course was set at a very high standard and completing this course makes me feel so much proud of myself. The engaging content, materials, and other resources altogether helped me achieve what I was expecting to. (Emma W, ★★★★★)

Quality Practice:

  • I have found the contents of this course to be on point, interesting, and very apt. This course has taught me so many new things that I hope to apply in my life from now onwards. We are living in a world where everyone should have a sufficient knowledge of what sustainable development is and that is why believe this is a must-try course for everyone.(Aakash W, ★★★★★)
  • This course offers a very interesting introduction to sustainability and development and was filled with thought-provoking exercises. Solving these exercises was fun and with that, the additional resources were also very helpful. Overall the course was well-presented and thoroughly enjoyable. I am very happy to have found this course and can recommend it to all those interested. (Maria G, ★★★★★)

Learner’s Career Benefits:

  • I am now retired from the workforce and since then I have had a lot of free time. So I decided to invest my time in something that can actually benefit me. Found this course on FutureLearn and seeing this course made me realize how important it is to know about sustainability. So, I enrolled in this course and found it amazing. The presentations and articles etc were all very helpful and interesting to learn from. I even got involved in follow-up articles and did further research. Overall I am very pleased to have found this course. (Michael C, ★★★★★)

Learner’s Suggestions/Recommendations:

  • The course is good I believe and does offer valid content but the only drawback here is the absence of more real case studies. I was hoping to have gotten access to a lot of case studies but that was not the case. Would be very nice if the instructor could add more case studies. (Gunner M)

Is this Course worth taking?

Overall this is an excellent, comprehensive, and very engaging course that has been taught by a very supportive staff. The course offers adequate learning materials and helps learners build a strong foundation for understanding almost all the environmental and social problems that we are facing globally.  The engaging content, the additional resources, the exercises, the articles, and many other things altogether are enough for a person to develop a good understanding of sustainable development. And thus we can say this course is worth our time, effort, and money.

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