User:Grian/courseplanningpage/Course description

This course introduces you to the social and political issues of our time. We start by analyzing the current process of globalization, and end by looking at the alternative futures proposed by multiple social movements worldwide.
 * Course name: Another World Is Possible: Neoliberal Globalization and Social Change

Course metrics

 * Notional learning hours: 70 to 80 hours
 * Duration: 10 weeks, 5 hours per week
 * Assessment: Informal formative assessment and summative self-assessment
 * Formal credit option: No
 * Credential: Accreditation from WEA
 * Level: Adult education

What's it about?
This course is about critical thinking, so that you can analyze and assess our social and political reality in an autonomous and independent way. This will make us less vulnerable to those manipulations that constantly bombard us from the media, making us responsible citizens committed to democratic values and the defence of common interest.

What will I learn?
In this course, you will learn:
 * To critically analyze, question and understand our social and environmental reality
 * To assess emergencies, trends and risks on the current course of our civilization
 * To develop an ecocentric and systemic worldview based on care for other human beings and life in general
 * Alternative approaches to the globalization process in which we are immersed
 * To develop collaborative competencies in social and environmental responsibility and commitment
 * To develop an autonomous learning and work perspective

What is involved?
You will be part of a wide learning community composed of people of very different ages, backgrounds, abilities and qualifications, all of them interested in better understanding the world in which we live and do their part in building a more just, peaceful and sustainable society.

The course will be offered as a micro open online course in which we will offer online resources for personal inquiry, collaborative analysis and learning on the current world situation, as well as on the new trends and visions about possible futures. This work will involve autonomous searching of materials and learning in order to collectively share and discuss the different approaches within our learning community.

What prerequisites would I have, if any?
Anyone over 16 is free to participate in this course. An internet connection and basic web browsing skills are recommended, along with the ability to create a blog and microblog account (instructions and self-study tutorials will be provided).