Techchange brings a three-week online professional development certificate course for working professional. This course is designed to help professionals in understanding the roles of technology in peace-building, development and humanitarian arenas. The course does not demand any specific technical skills from the candidates and offers candidates a chance to go through different case studies about use of technologies in activism. During the course, candidates will study about the strategies that can be used to maximize the impact of new media.
Course Topics
– Understanding the New Media Landscape: Charting a Course for Social Change in a Digital Era
– Strategies to Achieve Offline Organization and Change through Online Mobilization
– The Data Driven Organization: Metrics for Results Driven Organizations
– Censorship, Privacy and Security in the 21st Century
Course Objective
– Participants will be able to critically analyze both the opportunities and the pitfalls that emerge when working with technology for organizing and advocacy.
– Participants will be able connect relevant development, humanitarian and peace-building theories to the technological strategies and tools discussed in the course.
– Participants will be able to manage specific software platforms and utilize various technological tools for digital organizing.
Course Dates
September 26, 2011 – October 14, 2011. The course is offered over a three-week period with the expectation of 5 hours of commitment each week.
Teaching Method/ Class Format
The entire course is delivered online. Participants can expect a dynamic and interactive learning environment. The course will consist of the three units involving a variety of innovative online teaching approaches, including presentations, discussions, case studies, group exercises, simulations and will make extensive use of multimedia.
Cost: $350
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