#aguways

The aim of GLB101:Aguways Course is making students more aware of global issues. Students try to find solutions to global issues with their teammates. Many global problems, from hunger, poverty, war to sustainability, are taught by the students and the possible solutions are discussed in the lessons. Students create new ideas or improve existing ideas. This course provides to students the ability of creative thinking. Also, student’s speaking skills and presentation skills improve, during the course. Moreover, they become more aware of global issues.

This week we debated about wearable technology. One group was talking about its pros the other one was talking about its cons. In the end we decided wearable technology has both good and bad sides.

This Course is given at Abdullah Gül University for all first class students. It consists of 3 groups. The biggest group is called Cow and it covers all students. The Cow is divided into 5 groups which are called Cat. Each Cat contains approximately 40 students and it is divided into 6 groups. These groups are called Bat and they consist of 6-7 students. Students generally study in Bat groups and they produce an idea or a product with their teammates. After that, each bat group makes presentations about their works to the Cat group. General announcements and lectures are done in the Cow group.

you can watch the video of presentations- recorded by cat4- bat5  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLoNiqMworU 

We presented our poster at the exhibition. And, we introduced our TALOS-VR project.  you can watch the video of presentations- recorded by cat4- bat5

We made an exhibition to present posters of our projects. We listened to presentations and we made comments about the projects.

After the lecture, We calculated our carbon footprints as an assignment. This made us more aware of the amount of carbon we release into the atmosphere.

We started the Module 3 which is about energy efficiency and carbon footprint. And we listened to an informative lecture from our TAs.