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Fwd: [ict4chw] Online Course in Mobile Phones for International Development: TechChange
Joaquín
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Gerente de Desarrollo, eHealth Systems <http://www.ehs.cl/>
Research Fellow, Escuela de Medicina de Harvard <http://hms.harvard.edu/>
Moderador, GHDOnline.org <http://www.ghdonline.org/>
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From: Nick Martin <>
Date: Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 12:14 PM
Subject: [ict4chw] Online Course in Mobile Phones for International
Development: TechChange
To:
Hi ICT4CHW,
Excited to be part of this group. I lead an organization called
TechChange<http://techchange.org/>:
the Institute for Technology and Social Change here in Washington DC -
maybe you've heard of us. We specialize in delivering innovative and
interactive online courses on the role of technology in addressing urgent
social and global challenges.
We've got a one-month online certificate course coming this spring (April
2-27) entitled TC105: Mobiles for International Development: New Platforms
for Public Health, Finance and
Education<http://techchange.org/mobiles-for-international-development-new-platform-for-public-health-finance-and-education/>.
The course description and additional details are included below. We ran
the same course last fall with 45 people from 26 countries and the feedback
from participants and moderators was very positive. Here's a review of the
course by one of our external moderators, Linda
Raftree<http://lindaraftree.wordpress.com/2011/11/18/techchange-105-mobiles-in-international-development/>.
We've built a really neat custom learning platform and have refined a
dynamic model for online learning which we're excited to show to anyone
who's interested and also get feedback for how to improve it in the months
to come.
With that in mind, we're looking for a few additional folks with expertise
in mHealth to help us serve as moderators and guest experts for the course.
I figured the ICT4CHW might be a good place to look. So if youre
interested in being involved send me an email .
We're also looking for help to spread the word about the course so we'd
love it if you were willing to share/forward the below announcement to your
networks and listserves.
Cheers,
Nick
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Mobiles for International Development: New Platforms for Public Health,
Finance and Education*
http://techchange.org/mobiles-for-international-development-new-platform-for-...
The mobile phone is rapidly bringing communication to the most remote areas
of the world. NGOs, governments and companies alike are beginning to
realize the potential of this ubiquitous tool to address social challenges.
This four-week online professional development certificate course will
explore successful applications that facilitate economic transactions,
support public health campaigns and connect learners to educational
content. It will also critically engage with issues of equity, privacy and
access. Participants can expect a dynamic and practical learning
environment with a number of real-world examples and case studies.
*Course Topics:*
- Banking the Unbanked: the Promise of Mobile Money Systems
- Mobile Diagnostics and other Tools for Public Health Delivery
- New Approaches to Monitoring, Evaluation and Data Management
- Many to Many Communication the Integration of Mobiles and Radio
- Mobile Learning: Best Practices for Education on the Move
*Technologies:*
- FrontlineSMS & MedicMobile
- Sana Mobile (Mobile Diagnostics Platform)
- M-pedigree and Pharmasecure (Counterfeit Pharmaceutical Trackers)
- MPesa (Mobile Money Transfer Platform)
- InSTEDD GeoChat and Riff (Mobile Collaboration and Data Stream
Analysis Software)
- RapidSMS/Souktel (Mass Texting Software Interface)
- Jana (TxtEagle)
- FreedomFone
*Dates:* The course will run for four weeks from April 2nd through April
27th, 2012.
*Teaching Method/Class Format: *The entire course is delivered online.The
total time commitment is a minimum of 7-9 hours a week. The course is
designed to be highly interactive and social, but we also work hard to
ensure that the majority of content can experienced in a self-paced manner.
We do feature real-time interactions each week such as live discussions,
live expert interviews, and live simulations. In order to accommodate busy
schedules of learners from around the world we’ve set up a learning
environment where participants have plenty of options and can choose the
ones they’d like to be involved with depending on their availability and
interest. Participants can also access all course content up to three
months after course completion so if you get pulled away at the last minute
for part of the course you can still revisit the material afterwards.
*Course Facilitator: * TechChange
staff<http://techchange.org/about/meet-the-team/>,
advisory board <http://techchange.org/about/advisory-board/> members and a
number of guest experts will all be heavily involved in the design and
facilitation of the course. The lead facilitator for the course will be
Nick Martin. Nick is an educator, technologist, and social entrepreneur
with significant international peacebuilding and development expertise. He
is an adjunct faculty member at American University, George Mason
University, George Washington University and the United Nations University
for Peace (UPEACE), and has given a number of guest lectures and speeches
on the role of technology in peacebuilding, development and humanitarian
work. Contact Nick at nick [at] techchange.org. <>
*Learning Outcomes:*
- Participants will be able to critically analyze both the opportunities
and the pitfalls that emerge when working with mobile technology to address
social problems in public health, education, and fiance sectors
- Participants will be able connect relevant development, humanitarian
and peacebuilding theories to the mobile technological strategies and tools
discussed in the course
- Participants will be able to manage specific mobile platforms and
utilize various mobile technological tools for responding to social problems
- Participants will be able to design dynamic and effective strategies
for using mobile technology platforms and tools to respond to social
challenges in fields of education, health and finance
- Participants will be able to work collaboratively with others using
new tools by participating in dynamic group exercises and simulations
- Participants will develop confidence and critical self-awareness in
working with mobile technology to address social problems
*Cost:*
- *$495* if application and payment is submitted by *March 22nd
*
- *$595* if application and payment is submitted by *April 2nd*
*Apply: *http://techchange.org/application/
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Nicholas Carl Martin
President
TechChange
web: http://techchange.org
twitter: @ncmart
(240)-505-2324
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