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Joint Management Agreement between the

European Commission – EuropeAid Co-operation Office and the North-South Centre of the Council of Europe

c/o North-South Centre, Av. da República, 15-4º, 1050-185 Lisboa, Portugal, Tel:+351 213584030, Fax+351213584072, www.nscentre.org

Global Education Online Course

Project description

Human Rights Education dimension

Intercultural dimension (introduced in 2012)

1. GENERAL SETTING

At the request of the North South Centre of the Council of Europe (NSC), this course is being proposed by the Network University (TNU) in collaboration with NSC Global Education programme and the Global Education Network (GEW).

Overall objective:

To provide an additional learning device for the Global Education Programme of the NSC to promote and introduce its work in an accessible way complementary to its overall activities and tools, specifically the Global Education Guidelines, which would introduce the global education concepts, approaches, strategies and practices promoted by the North-South Centre

Specific objectives:

To design an introductory online training course on global education with a particular focus on human rights targeted at practitioners in the field of education and development, teachers, social and youth workers, as well as policy-makers, civil servants and local and regional authorities;

To strengthen the GEW network of practitioners and policy makers by providing them with an online learning tool enabling knowledge sharing and dissemination to a broad audience of learners;

To improve and facilitate the access to good practices in the field of global education for those who want to learn how to develop global education projects.

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2. DIDACTICAL APPROACH

The didactical approach entails an active contribution of participants, whereby they do not only participate by reading contents, but also work together in order to exchange and learn, and thus create new knowledge. There is a common set of material that is the core of the course and serves as minimum requirement that each participant might wish to complete with additional non-compulsory reading.

Course is based on following didactical principles: • Collaborative learning

• Cumulative learning • Action learning

Collaborative learning

In an online environment, inter-linkages are easier than in regular distance education. By means of online discussion forums, through pop-up messages and by developing assignments in a participatory way, people find connections with each other through different forms of communication.

Cumulative learning

By enabling participants to have access to each others’ assignments, they can share and learn from each other experiences and knowledge.

Action learning

The goal is to engage people in active learning processes based on their previous experiences and acquired knowledge. Participants are offered different models and understandings of issues, in order to better develop their analytical and interpretation skills, and therefore apply the presented concepts to their own needs and contexts, as well as create their own models.

3. TARGET GROUP

The course is targeted at educators, social workers, youth trainers, teachers and policy makers working and / or interested to work in the field of global education. NSC with the support of the Global Education Week Network (GEW) shall be responsible for identification, contact, information dissemination and selection of the participants.

Direct target group

• Members and associates of the Global Education Week network, who are interested in understanding and promoting of global education with a specific focus on human rights education.

• Participants who would like to take part in the Mollina University of Youth and Development, but are not able to attend the activity.

Indirect target group

• School teachers, journalists and decision makers;

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4. COURSE STRUCTURE

Participation in the four-week longonline learning course involves 8 hours of learning per week, which includes reading, discussion and response to interactive exercises. As a result, the whole course requires 32 hours for learning over a period of four weeks.

This online learning course on human rights education with an introduction to global education, integrated in the TNU online learning environment with interactive asynchronous online discussion forum, will be structured as follows:

5. COURSE CONTENT

The GE online learning course will be based on approximately 150 pages of educational material that include a diversity of interactive individual and group exercises with coached assignments, a glossary and a virtual library.

The main contents will involve:

Modules/chapters per week

Content description Themes addressed

Module/chapter 1 - Introduction to Global Education: concepts and methodological approaches - Human Rights as the

foundation of global education ethics and premises.

- Introduction to human rights education in its global dimension

- Global Education

background and context - Global Education definition

and conceptual bases - The transformative vision of

Global Education

- Human Rights as a Global Education dimension - Global Education and

Human Rights: links and common goals.

- HR education and its basic premises in a globalized world

Modules per week

Description Time involved

Module 1 Introduction to the concepts and approaches to global education

Introduction of human rights education as part of the global education context

8 hours per week

Module 2 HR education in theory and practice for active global citizenship : from local to active global citizenship

8 hours per week Module 3 Strategies for human rights action within a global

perspective

8 hours per week Module 4 Developing human rights activities in practice for global

awareness, solidarity and cooperation

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Module/chapter 2 HR education in theory and practice for active global citizenship : from local to active global citizenship

to be defined in collaboration between TNU and NSC

Module/chapter 3 Strategies for human rights action within a global perspective

to be defined in collaboration between TNU and NSC

Module/chapter 4 Developing human rights activities in practice for global awareness, solidarity and cooperation

to be defined in collaboration between TNU and NSC

Based on the above, the principal learning objectives could be defined as follows:

• To introduce participants to the concepts and approaches of human rights education in the context of global education and its principles;

• To reflect on the approaches used in human rights education in theory and practice;

• To increase the understanding of and design strategies for action in the different areas of human rights education;

• To develop ideas for human rights education activities at the local level.

6. COURSE PROCESS

The course development will involve the following phases:

Phase 1: Conceptualisation

1. Development of the course content overview 2. Review of the draft course content

3. Preparation of the technical framework 4. Design of the template

Phase 2: Content development

1. Agreement on a course content structure between the different parties involved 2. Collection and selection of the necessary material

3. Creation of the first draft of the course content with the relevant assignments 4. Feedback to the first draft by external experts and NSC

5. Finalization of the content 6. Editing and language review

Phase 3: Technical Realisation

1. Implementation of the course contents into the online learning environment 2. Development of the design and layout of the entrance to the platform 3. Implementation of the Content Management System (CMS)

4. Presentation of a draft course in the online learning environment

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Phase 4: Course offering and Evaluation

1. Offering and evaluation of the pilot course (July 2009)

2. Adaptation of the following course, and consequent evaluation, within the context of the Mollina Summer University with participants from the Mollina University and outside (September 2009). The Mollina course will be offered at the same time as Mollina, and therefore only last 10 days. The number of obligatory reading material and assignments will be consequently adapted. The content of the course remains the same.

3. Adaptation, running and evaluation of the third course (November 2009)

7. RESPONSIBILITIES

TNU will, in agreement with the NSC, be in charge of the course structure development, content

writing and editing, development of the adequate methodology, as well as presenting the final draft of the course content. TNU will be responsible for the integration of the course material in the online learning environment and the preparation of the platform for the launching of the courses.

The external experts from the NSC Global Education Guidelines drafting team, will contribute providing a feedback and advising on the course structure and its contents presented by TNU and may suggest additional material to be integrated in the course contents in form of articles, reference websites and other useful resources, and will participate in the evaluation of the pilot course, suggesting adaptations for the second and third courses.

Responsibilities:

Provide feedback to the course structure and the contents; Provide materials to be integrated in the course contents; Provide feedback to the first draft of the respective modules; Provide feedback to the finalized contents of the course;

Participate in the evaluation meeting of the pilot course and suggesting adaptations. Work involved:

Review of the first draft (2 days per module, 8 days in total) Evaluation of the pilot (2 days of working)

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7.1 The development and hosting of a course includes the following elements:

- A distinct website with an online learning platform hosted by TNU;

- Development and technical realisation of virtual communities hosted by TNU; - A design of the lay-out of the course in harmony with the NSC website; - Integration of the course into the online learning environment hosted by TNU; - Moderation and Facilitation of three courses in 2009;

- Training for online learning facilitators and transfer knowledge to selected partner(s) to create and disseminate the course.

The preparation of the pilot e-learning course:

- Workshop with the Global Education Week network in order to present the outline of the course and receive feedback from the network on the course structure;

The facilitation of the online training course will require:

- NSC to coordinate the call for participation and selection of participants for the event providing an administrator for the call for participation and selection of participants for the training course;

- Supervising and tutoring by TNU;

The moderation of Virtual Community discussions will necessitate:

- An identification and development of the specific discussion topics (NSC and its network);

- A briefing and facilitation of the discussions by moderators (TNU); - A basic technical administration of the virtual communities (TNU).

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