UI Greenmetric collaborates with 17 universities in Indonesia, one of which is Universitas Diponegoro, holding an Online Course of Sustainable Development Goals SDGs Practice in Indonesia on September 8 – 22 December 2022. This online course was first held specifically for Indonesian students. In the previous year, an online course was held internationally as a collaboration between UI Greenmetric and six universities from six countries: Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Hungary, Indonesia, Tunisia, and The United Arab Emirates.
This online course was officially opened on Thursday, September 8, 2022 via a zoom meeting at 2-5 p.m. Western Indonesia Standard Time. The opening of the online course began with remarks from Prof. Dr. Ir. Riri Fitri Sari as Chair of UI Greenmetric. Prof Riri said that having a determination of achieving common goal to learn about SDGs best practices and immediately putting them into practice to create a better Indonesian economy in the future will help us and strengthen our steps to reach the top six in the world economy in 2045. The next speech was by the National Coordinator of the UI Greenmetric World University Ranking Network (UIGWURN), Prof. Dr. Ir. Ambariyanto, M.Sc who is also the Vice Rector for Research Innovation and Collaboration of Universitas Diponegoro. In his speech, Prof. Ambariyanto stated that this online course activity has been endeavored to be carried out as well as possible to provide experiences of studying outside their own study program for students. Prof. Ambariyanto also mentioned that the presence of the SDGs make us move together to achieve common goals, so that students who take this online course are able to play an active role in implementing the SDGs and be able to expand their networks.
During the opening of the online course, short speeches were also delivered from the Rectors or Vice Rectors representing the Rectors from 13 universities as an expression of support for the implementation of this online course, including Prof. Dr. Yos Johan Utama, S.H., M. Hum., Chancellor of Diponegoro University. Prof. Yos Johan Utama expressed his gratitude and pride for UNDIP’s involvement in the collaboration of organizing the SDGs best practice online course in Indonesia.
Entering the introduction session for the implementation of the online course, the Vice Chair of UI Greenmetric for Programs, Communication, and Cooperation, Dr. Junaidi, MA, explained the operational of the online course lecture sessions including lecture modules, schedules, class divisions, and the tools used for lectures. A detailed explanation of the equipment used was delivered by Iwan Juwana, Ph.D from ITENAS Bandung, as the National Coordinator of the UI Greenmetric Online Course. Iwan Juwana explains how to use the Moodle application.
Three UNDIP lecturers were involved in the UI Greenmetric Online Course, namely Rukuh Setiadi, S.T., MEM., Ph.D., Prof. Dr.Ing. Wiwandari Handayani, S.T., M.T., MPS, and Dessy Ariyanti, ST, MT, Ph.D. They are involved in online courses as university coordinators and lecturers for lecture materials. Several UNDIP students are also registered as participants in this online course. Besides UNDIP, there are 16 other universities including Padjadjaran University, Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology, Syiah Kuala University, Telkom University, Pattimura University, Palangka Raya University, Lampung University, Surabaya State University, Bandung National Institute of Technology, Samratulangi University, Gadjah Mada University, University of Pancasila, Jakarta State Islamic University, Sebelas Maret University, Sriwijaya University, and Muhammadiyah University of Malang.
Source of news: Opening Session for UI Greenmetric Online Course on Sustainability for Indonesian Students – UI GreenMetric
Source of photos: documentation of SDGs Center Undip.