eLearnAfrica
Global Challenges, Local Communities: the Arts of Changing the World
Deakin University
  • Start Date: 20 May, 2024
  • 3 weeks
  • Study Content: Videos


Drive change within local communities by tackling global challenges with newfound critical problem-solving strategies.

Course Fee: Free
Certificate Cost: See Fees and Eligibility
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Course Description

Become an innovative change-maker for your community


Resolving complex issues can feel daunting when facing them on a global scale. But often the most impactful way to handle such challenges begins within our local communities.


On this three-week course from Deakin University, discover how you can be a catalyst for change right where you are.


Explore practical strategies and gain valuable insights to address pressing global issues at the grassroots level.


Utilise systems thinking to organise local change


At the start of this course, learn more about global challenges affecting local communities, from climate change to socioeconomic inequality.


Gain the tools to identify the most pressing problems impacting your organisation or community and respond with innovative strategies. Using holistic approaches to problem-solving, you’ll drive agency and inspire collaborative action towards sustainable solutions.


Empower advocacy and collaborative action to create social and environmental change


In three weeks, you’ll learn to complete organisational analyses and apply collaborative techniques to build (inter)communal and (inter)organisational relationships that facilitate meaningful progress.


Further your learning with Deakin University


This program is a part of the Global Challenges and Collaborative Action programme at Deakin University. You’ll be supported by a team of experts from Deakin’s School of Communication and Creative Arts (SCCA) who’ll guide you through an immersive digital learning experience.


By the end of the course, you’ll be able to put your knowledge into action by collaborating with the community to tackle real-world global challenges. You’ll also be able to grow professionally in community and economic development, government services, and organisational management.


This course is designed for individuals interested in gaining critical problem-solving and collaboration skills to tackle global challenges from a local perspective and for Deakin University students from the series, The Arts of Changing the World (AGC).


    • Certificate cost may vary. You will be redirected to the host page for cost and payment options.

    • Deakin University

      Deakin University offers a brilliant education where students are and where they want to go – in their lives and in their careers. Deakin is Australia’s eighth largest university with over 53 000 students from more than 100 countries, with one quarter choosing to study wholly online at our Cloud Campus.

      Deakin excels in research, ranking in the top two per cent of universities in the world in fields including nutrition, information technology and carbon fibre.^ Deakin is also a leader in the quality of teaching and learning, ranking first for student satisfaction in the state of Victoria, Australia for six consecutive years (Australian Graduate Survey, 2010-2015). Deakin University offers you a personalised experience with premium digital engagement, creating the power and opportunities to live in a connected and evolving world.

      Deakin is Australia’s premier university in driving the digital frontier – to enable globally connected education for the jobs of the future, and research that makes a difference to the communities we serve.

      ^ Academic Ranking of World Universities, Times Higher Education and QS World University Rankings

       

    • You may be able to download course materials after enrolling in this course. If not, all of the necessary course materials provided by the course instructor will be available on the provider's course page.
    • COLLABORATION POLICY

      By enrolling in a course on or through eLearnAfrica, you are joining a special worldwide community of learners. The aspiration of eLearnAfrica is to provide anyone with an internet connection access to courses from the best universities and institutions in the world and to provide our learners the best educational experience internet technology enables. You are a part of the community that will help eLearnAfrica achieve this goal. eLearnAfrica depends upon your motivation to learn the material and to do so with honesty and academic integrity. In order to participate in eLearnAfrica, you must agree to the Honor Code below and any additional terms specific to a class.

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      • Termination of your use of the App and/or Site.

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      No refunds will be issued in the case of any corrective action for such violations.

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      Effective Date: September 22, 2016