Toolbox — For Training and Youth Work
All new tools in your inbox: Be the first to know about new tools for learning with our e-mail notifications.
Exercise, Group Building Activity
APSE Interactive Field Course: https://apse-interactive-course-quiz.netlify.app/
Interactive APSE course: learn ecological soundscapes through fast quizzes, practical listening tasks, and youth‑friendly activities that build awareness, observation skills, and environmental sensitivity.
Aims of the tool
The tool aims to build environmental awareness and listening skills by guiding young people and youth workers through ecological soundscape exploration, using interactive quizzes and practical listening tasks to understand, map, and interpret natural and human-made acoustic environments.
Description of the tool
The APSE Interactive Field Course is a digital learning tool designed to support youth workers, educators and facilitators who organise outdoor learning activities such as soundwalks, environmental workshops and field-based educational programmes.
The tool introduces the fundamental concepts of soundscape ecology and demonstrates how listening practices and simple acoustic observation techniques can be used to explore ecosystems, biodiversity and environmental change. Through 8 interactive modules and 21 quizzes, participants learn how sound can reveal ecological patterns and human impacts on natural environments.
The course consists of a structured sequence of modules combining short explanations with interactive questions that help participants reflect on the relationship between sound, biodiversity and climate. It provides immediate feedback through quizzes, enabling self-paced learning and knowledge reinforcement.
The tool can be used during field activities, training sessions, youth exchanges or environmental education workshops. It runs directly in a web browser and requires no installation or registration, making it accessible on smartphones, tablets or laptops during outdoor activities or group learning sessions.
The course was tested with 617 young participants in Italy, Greece and Spain within the APSE – Ecological Soundscapes project and supports non-formal learning methodologies combining digital interaction with experiential field observation.
Access: https://apse-interactive-course-quiz.netlify.app/
Resources: https://www.apseproject.com/resources
Duration: 45-60 minutes (self-paced)
License: CC BY 4.0
Available downloads:
Disclaimer
SALTO cannot be held responsible for the inappropriate use of these training tools. Always adapt training tools to your aims, context, target group and to your own skills! These tools have been used in a variety of formats and situations. Please notify SALTO should you know about the origin of or copyright on this tool.
Tool overview
http://toolbox.salto-youth.net/5489
This tool is for
Youth workers, environmental educators, trainers, project coordinators, and people from 10 years old and above interested in environmental monitoring, biodiversity and climate action.
and addresses
Disability, Peer education, Evaluation, Youth Participation, Environment
It is recommended for use in:
Training and Networking
Materials needed:
Just your Phone or Laptop
Duration:
Estimated duration:
20–30 minutes when completed individually, with learners progressing through slides and quizzes at their own pace.
35–50 minutes when facilitated by a youth worker, including short discussions, reflections, and group interaction.
60–75 minutes when used outdoors during a soundwalk, integrating listening tasks, field observations, and optional recording or mapping activities.
Behind the tool
The tool was created by
Soundscapes Of South Europe
in the context of
APSE Project Ka210-YOU
The tool has been experimented in
Training Course, E-Learning
The tool was published to the Toolbox by
Gaetano Cappella (on 7 April 2026)
and last modified
1 March 2026
Comments
No comments have been posted yet.
If you want to comment on this tool, you need to be signed in with your MySALTO account. Sign in now