New online course on water and sanitation in developing countries
Muhammad Jahangir
New Online Course on Water and Sanitation in Developing Countries (MOOC)
by muench - 23.01.2014 [click here to reply online] [click here to reply by e-mail]
I saw an announcement for this upcoming online course and I thought it might be interesting for some, as we have discussed MOOCs on the forum before *:
http://www.gwp.org/en/gwp-in-action/News-and-Activities/New-Online-Course-on-Water-and-Sanitation-Policy-in-Developing-Countries/
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This spring the University of Manchester will offer a new Massive Online Open-Access Course (MOOC) on water and sanitation policy in developing countries. The course is free and open to everyone. The Global Water Partnership has endorsed this MOOC.
The course will be taught by Prof. Dale Whittington, a member of the GWP Technical Committee and a professor at the Manchester Business School (UK) and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (USA), and Dr. Duncan Thomas, Manchester Business School.
This course will have 2 modules. Each module has 6 sessions. In the first module students will examine current conditions and trends in water and sanitation services in low and middle-income countries, and the underlying political, economic, and technical reasons why almost a billion people still lack access to improved water supplies, and about 2 billion do not have improved sanitation services. The course will address the water supply and sanitation problems of megacities, peri-urban slums, and rural communities.
The second module will focus on what can be done to solve global water and sanitation problems. Students will examine the main strategies that national governments and donors have tried to improve water and sanitation conditions, and the lessons that can be learned from these experiences.
Students in this course will develop an in-depth understanding of the current water and sanitation situation in low and middle-income countries, and the challenges that professionals in this field must tackle. Students will listen to lectures and read some of the influential, thought-provoking papers in the field. They will discuss both the lectures and the readings online with other interested individuals from all around the world. Videos will be used to supplement the lectures and readings. In addition, students who successfully complete the courses will receive a Coursera Statement of Accomplishment. We expect a lively online discussion with water and sanitation professionals around the world, and hope you will join us!
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If anyone takes part in it, please give us some feedback what it's like (I have never taken part in a MOOC myself).
Note that we have also started a new subcategory on the forum on these issues of policy and governance and institutional aspects:
http://forum.susana.org/forum/categories/142-upscaling-sanitation-governance-institutional-aspects-sanitation-policies
We have called it:
Upscaling, sanitation governance, institutional aspects, sanitation policies
Topics in the area of governance, institutions, water sector reform processes, water and sanitation policies and regulations - aiming at upscaling can be discussed here.
Regards,
Elisabeth
* See here previous discussion about MOOCs:
http://forum.susana.org/forum/categories/54-wg-1-cap-development/4638-concept-of-massive-open-online-courses-for-susana-and-its-members-a-users
Syed Amir Abbas Shah Naqvi
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