On June 21, ACMS successfully completed the live sessions of the third online course, “Mongolian Buddhism: Sacred Geography of Munkh Khukh Tengeriin Oron (MB)“. The previous two courses, “Mining and Environment in Northern Mongolia (MENO)“, and “Digitizing Mongolian (DM)” concluded on May 31, and April 28, respectively, making all lesson recordings of the Session 1 of ACMS Online Field School program available on ACMS e-learning platform.
So far, 352 unique students have signed up for the platform; 133 enrolled into DM, 100 into MENO, and 169 into MB. Their progress, citizenship, and current statuses aggregated by the courses can be seen from attached graphs. Overall, 36.3% of the students were U.S. citizens, 32.8% Mongolians, and the rest comprised of various countries, including China, Russia, UK, and Germany.
The Mining and Environment in Northern Mongolia course was taught by Dr. Gantulga Bayasgalan, and had 10 lecture sessions. The course explored the human-environment relations through the context of mining activities in the northern regions of Mongolia. The course introduced historical background and current situation of the mining industry in Mongolia and its impact on the Mongolian economy; discussed environmental concerns related to the mining activities. The Digitizing Mongolian course was taught by Dr. Marissa Smith and had 8 lecture sessions. The course was aimed at promoting international interest in and development of the digitization and use of Mongolian language sources by practitioners and researchers in a range of fields and sectors, strengthening participants’ skills in fields of data science, digital humanities, and Mongolian language and culture. We encourage all interested students, lifelong learners to explore the three courses free of charge here. |