UCT GSB - Becoming a changemaker: Introduction to Social Innovation
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Becoming a changemaker: Introduction to Social Innovation at Coursera Overview
Duration | 20 hours |
Total fee | Free |
Mode of learning | Online |
Difficulty level | Beginner |
Official Website | Explore Free Course  |
Credential | Certificate |
Becoming a changemaker: Introduction to Social Innovation at Coursera Highlights
- Shareable Certificate Earn a Certificate upon completion
- 100% online Start instantly and learn at your own schedule.
- Flexible deadlines Reset deadlines in accordance to your schedule.
- Beginner Level
- Approx. 20 hours to complete
- English Subtitles: Arabic, French, Portuguese (European), Italian, Vietnamese, German, Russian, English, Spanish
Becoming a changemaker: Introduction to Social Innovation at Coursera Course details
- This free 6 week course is for anyone who wants to make a difference. Whether you are already familiar with the field of social innovation or social entrepreneurship, working for an organization that wants to increase its social impact, or just starting out, this course will take you on a journey of exploring the complex problems that surround us and how to start thinking about solutions.
- We will debunk common assumptions around what resources are needed to begin acting as a social innovator. We will learn from the numerous examples of social innovations happening all over the world. You will be challenged to get out of your comfort zone and start engaging with the diverse spaces around you. By the end of the course, you will have formed your own approach to social innovation, and you will have begun to develop the concepts, mindset, skills, and relationships that will enable you to start and evolve as a changemaker.
- You will be able to purchase a Verified Certificate if you wish to show evidence of your achievements, but this is optional, and you may apply for Financial Aid if you are unable to pay the certificate fee.
- The Bertha Centre for Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship co-created this course with RLabs, a social movement ?born-and-bred? in Bridgetown, Cape Town that is now active in 22 countries. The movement empowers youth through innovative and disruptive technology by teaching them vital skills and providing much needed support and a sense of community. Advocating and supporting initiatives such as RLabs forms part of the Bertha Centre?s mandate. The Centre is a specialised unit at University of Cape Town?s Graduate School of Business, and is the first academic centre in Africa dedicated to advancing social innovation and entrepreneurship.
- You can view the course trailer at www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcWYG64WO20
- Tweet about this course using the hashtag #socinnMOOC
Becoming a changemaker: Introduction to Social Innovation at Coursera Curriculum
What's our problem?
Becoming a changemaker: Introduction to Social Innovation
About this course
RLabs: Journey of Hope Part 1
What is Social Innovation?
Simple, complicated and complex
Wicked problems
The 5 Whys
Case study: Mothers2mothers
Reflecting with RLabs: problems
Week 1 Peer Assignment guidance
Meet your instructors
How this course works
What to expect in week 1
RLabs: Empowering Unlikely Innovators
Week 1 recommended readings
Week 1: Test your knowledge
What do we have to work with?
RLabs: Journey of Hope Part 2
Discovering resources
Appreciative inquiry
Case study: The Street Store
Finding hidden resources
Reflecting with RLabs: resources
What to expect in week 2
Week 2 recommended readings
Week 2: Graded quiz
Getting out of your comfort zone
RLabs: Journey of Hope Part 3
Bricolage: recombining ideas and people
Thinking about difference
Engaging difference
Negotiating difference
Reflecting with RLabs: comfort zones
Week 3 peer assessment
What to expect in week 3
Week 3 recommended readings
Week 3 practice quiz
Innovating by design
Rlabs: Journey of Hope Part 4
Generating ideas
Design thinking principles
Design thinking steps
Design thinking case studies
Discussing design thinking
Reflecting with RLabs: design in social innovation
Week 4 Peer Assignment guidance
Week 4 peer assessment artefact feedback
What to expect in week 4
Week 4 recommended readings
Week 4 practice quiz
Changing the system - who me?
RLabs: Journey of Hope Part 5
What's innovative about your ideas?
Social innovation as system innovation
Seeing system impact
Deepening system impact
Reflecting with RLabs: changing the system
What to expect in week 5
Recommended readings week 5
Week 5 Graded quiz
What if it works?
Rlabs: Journey of Hope Part 6
The evolving world of social innovation
Organizing social innovation
Financing social innovation
Scaling social innovation
Reflecting with RLabs: moving forward
The journey ahead
What to expect in week 6
Week 6 recommended readings
Resources
Week 6 Graded quiz
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