How to Change the World

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How to Change the World

Instructor: Michael S. Roth

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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

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6 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

279 reviews

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No prior experience required

Flexible schedule

3 weeks at 10 hours a week

Learn at your own pace

96%

Most learners liked this course

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There are 6 modules in this course

How can we use the things we share in common to address some of the most challenging problems facing the world? This course examines issues concerning poverty, the environment, technology, health care, gender, education and activism to help us understand better how to initiate positive change.

Discussion about what our social good is, how we define it and how it can be sustainably used.

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7 videos1 reading1 peer review

7 videosTotal 148 minutes

Introduction: Social Good and Tragedy of the Commons21 minutes
Genealogy of the Idea of Social Good23 minutes
Reciprocity and Giving Back to the Commons19 minutes
From Legitimate Communal Regulation to Pressures for Exploitation23 minutes
Fisheries Forests and Sustainable Productivity22 minutes
Cultures of Trust and Reinforcing the Commons by Practicing Cooperation22 minutes
From Copyright to Communities of Cooperative Practice16 minutes

1 readingTotal 60 minutes

Recommended Readings60 minutes

1 peer reviewTotal 120 minutes

What are social goods? What is the commons?120 minutes

Discussion about poverty and the relationship of poverty to philanthropy and to foreign aid, actions taken to mitigate the effects of poverty, of major theorists and economists working in this area and , also, a new approach to this subject through randomized experimentation.

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7 videos1 reading1 peer review

7 videosTotal 165 minutes

Extreme Poverty – Introduction24 minutes
Varieties of Poverty and Development23 minutes
Listening to the Poor to Find Out What Works25 minutes
Multi-Pronged Effort: Private Enterprise, Government and Inclusive Growth25 minutes
Systematic Efforts to Find Out What Works Best20 minutes
Breaking out of Cycles of Suffering24 minutes
Inclusive Economic Growth and a Global Movement to End Poverty25 minutes

1 readingTotal 60 minutes

Recommended Readings60 minutes

1 peer reviewTotal 120 minutes

Poverty and Prosperity120 minutes

Discussion about political and economic ramifications of climate change, including how to think big about sustainability

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9 videos1 reading1 peer review

9 videosTotal 196 minutes

Climate Change and Sustainability23 minutes
Global Challenges and Local Responses23 minutes
Making a Difference and Varied Challenges18 minutes
Grassroots Politics and Climate Change (1)23 minutes
Politics and the Disruption of Ecosystems21 minutes
Conversation with a Climate Economist on Risk Management21 minutes
Risk, Assessment and Reducing Likelihood of Disaster17 minutes
Conversation on Energy, Sustainability and Solution Science23 minutes
Solution Science and What We Can Do26 minutes

1 readingTotal 60 minutes

Recommended Readings60 minutes

1 peer reviewTotal 120 minutes

Climate Change and Sustainability120 minutes

Discussion about health care and poverty, considering major challenges that disease presents around the world and the global role of healthcare

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7 videos1 reading1 peer review

7 videosTotal 191 minutes

Disease and Global Health – Introduction23 minutes
Democracy, Health and Engagement20 minutes
Major Health Challenges and Responses (1)28 minutes
Major Health Challenges and Responses (2)32 minutes
Testing our Work to Make it Most Effective25 minutes
Care, Organization and Making a Real Difference39 minutes
Motivating Change and Holistic Responses to Poverty25 minutes

1 readingTotal 60 minutes

Recommended Readings60 minutes

1 peer reviewTotal 120 minutes

Global Disease and Health120 minutes

Discussion of gender issues and the upward mobility of women, across business and education.

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8 videos1 reading1 peer review

8 videosTotal 177 minutes

Introduction and Quiet Violence Against Girls and Women20 minutes
Social Entrepreneurship and Gender Lens Investing23 minutes
Education and Risk Taking21 minutes
Education and Building Human Capacity28 minutes
Malala and the Courage of Education (1)21 minutes
Malala and the Courage of Education (2)31 minutes
You Can Have Impact: Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn (Part 1)16 minutes
How We Can Change the World: Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn17 minutes

1 readingTotal 60 minutes

Recommended Readings60 minutes

1 peer reviewTotal 120 minutes

Women, Education and Social Change120 minutes

Reflections on where we have been and where we are going

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2 videos1 peer review

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Michael S. Roth

Wesleyan University

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Reviewed on Aug 23, 2021

Makes you think critically about everyones role in changing the world with concrete actions. We should not take things for granted or think that it is someone else's responsibility.

Reviewed on Aug 14, 2016

An inspiring course. It brings me a view from social engagement point for building a better society :))

Reviewed on Jan 7, 2021

Sure, we need to change ourselves first before changing the world. However, do not desire perfection in either of them. They go with each other like a pair.

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