I have been interested in the subject of Massive Open Online Courses (aka MOOCs) for a while but have never actually taken one. A few weeks ago i was looking at MOOCs on the Coursera website when i spotted one that caught my interest: Engaging Citizens: A Game Changer for Development?
Whilst international develop is not my normal area of interest, the course jumped out to me for a number of reasons:
- I have had a long interest in student engagement (at work) and political engagement (generally). The course looks like it was take an evidence-based "what works" approach that could spark ideas for me.
- The course covers engagement with policy making and service delivery
- The course is offered by World Bank in association with the London School of Economics and a number of other organisations - so should be good quality.
- The course is free and only 4 weeks long - so not a major commitment
I have watched the welcome videos and the video of the launch event and it does look very interesting.
I intend to record my thoughts here in an attempt to be a good reflective learner as i go through the course :-)
Looks interesting. I might join in!
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