On-line Specialized Courses on Geothermal

Abstract

The use of the information and communication technology in education is playing a major role even in specialized capacity building. The Mexican Center of Innovation on Geothermal (CeMIE-Geo) has dedicated enormous effort in its capacity building programs. The most successful activity is the on-line basic course Introduction to Geothermal that was launched in the Coursera platform the 17th August 2017 and that year finished as the 6th most successful course in the world in Spanish. Presently, It has attracted more than 34,000 visits, more than 9,000 registered students, almost 6,500 regular students and more than 600 graduate students. The course has had a strong impact in Latin-American countries, as it is the only specialized geothermal course in Spanish, and students have frequently contacted our university to pursue further education on geothermal. The CeMIE-Geo is now preparing other specialized courses on: Direct use of geothermal resources, Geothermal Geochemistry, Geothermal Geology and GIS applied to geothermal exploration, which will conform a specialized group of courses that will provide interested students with the basis on Geothermal Exploration.