Save the World: The Sharing Economy in Practice

What could I do to help stop the climate crisis?

The twenty-first century is the time of the sharing economy. It has become a unique way to perceive personal services, transport, accommodation, media, and entertainment industries.

This course introduces the sharing economy and explores the benefits it delivers to us in practice. The sharing economy impacts not only economies and businesses but revolutionises the way we consume. With the growth of the sharing economy, consumers are faced with a new innovative range of opportunities. Industries are challenged to provide an excellent consumer experience.

The aim of this course is to trigger changes in consumer behavior and as such, it focuses on the disruption of the customer experience. The emergence of the sharing economy shakes the foundation of the traditional way of doing business and creates a niche for new business models that are available to anyone.

Content

This Micro Course consists of two main parts which include videos, links, several tasks, and quizzes. This course takes approximately 10 hours to complete.

Part One: The Sharing Economy & Practicing Sharing

The Sharing Economy

• How does it work in practice?
• What could we share and reuse?

Part Two: What, Why, and How?

• How to? A series of different items we can reuse
• Creativity tips

Tasks

To complete this course, you’ll need to pass 5 quizzes, including the final test. You’ll also need to post on the Collaboration Board (password: nature) and give feedback on the course at the end. Work your way through the material in the order that it is displayed on the page. This way you’ll start with the basics and move on to the more challenging topics.

Assessment

The Micro Course is assessed as Pass/Fail. To receive a course certificate, you’ll need to complete all the activities and get at least 50% of them correct.

Skills you gain

After completing the course, you can:

• Describe in practice the benefits of sharing
• Practice your new skills on how to reuse home textiles, clothes, furniture and household items
• Enjoy your new creativity
• Start exploring your new skills by setting up a sharing point

About the instructor

Your instructor is Slaveya Hamalainen, MSc in English Philology and Cultural Anthropology, MBA in Economics and International Trade. Previously a Total Quality Manager at a paper mill. A devoted senior lecturer in English and Business in English with over 15 years of experience teaching students from various social and cultural backgrounds at universities across Europe. She is interested in studying and employing new technology and ideas in practice, work, and life and aspires to help people save the world for future generations.

Any questions?

We hope that you enjoy the course! If you have any questions about the course material, please do not hesitate to contact us at Edufication@xamk.fi. We will try to get back to you as soon as possible.

Don’t forget to answer the course feedback at the end of the course to receive a certificate!