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How to Change the World
  • Level Foundation
  • Duration 26 hours
  • Course by Wesleyan University
  • Offered by

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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.

Modules

Lesson 1

    • 2 Videos
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2 Videos

  • Introduction: Social Good and Tragedy of the Commons
  • Genealogy of the Idea of Social Good

Lesson 2

    • 2 Videos
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  • Reciprocity and Giving Back to the Commons
  • From Legitimate Communal Regulation to Pressures for Exploitation

Lesson 3

    • 3 Videos
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3 Videos

  • Fisheries Forests and Sustainable Productivity
  • Cultures of Trust and Reinforcing the Commons by Practicing Cooperation
  • From Copyright to Communities of Cooperative Practice

Readings

    • 1 Readings
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Peer Review

    • 1 PeerReview
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1 Peer Review

  • What are social goods? What is the commons?

Lesson 4

    • 2 Videos
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2 Videos

  • Extreme Poverty – Introduction
  • Varieties of Poverty and Development

Lesson 5

    • 2 Videos
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  • Listening to the Poor to Find Out What Works
  • Multi-Pronged Effort: Private Enterprise, Government and Inclusive Growth

Lesson 6

    • 3 Videos
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3 Videos

  • Systematic Efforts to Find Out What Works Best
  • Breaking out of Cycles of Suffering
  • Inclusive Economic Growth and a Global Movement to End Poverty

Readings

    • 1 Readings
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Peer Review

    • 1 PeerReview
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1 Peer Review

  • Poverty and Prosperity

Lesson 7

    • 2 Videos
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2 Videos

  • Climate Change and Sustainability
  • Global Challenges and Local Responses

Lesson 8

    • 3 Videos
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3 Videos

  • Making a Difference and Varied Challenges
  • Grassroots Politics and Climate Change (1)
  • Politics and the Disruption of Ecosystems

Lesson 9

    • 2 Videos
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2 Videos

  • Conversation with a Climate Economist on Risk Management
  • Risk, Assessment and Reducing Likelihood of Disaster

Lesson 10

    • 2 Videos
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2 Videos

  • Conversation on Energy, Sustainability and Solution Science
  • Solution Science and What We Can Do

Readings

    • 1 Readings
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1 Readings

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Peer Review

    • 1 PeerReview
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1 Peer Review

  • Climate Change and Sustainability

Lesson 11

    • 2 Videos
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2 Videos

  • Disease and Global Health – Introduction
  • Democracy, Health and Engagement

Lesson 12

    • 2 Videos
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2 Videos

  • Major Health Challenges and Responses (1)
  • Major Health Challenges and Responses (2)

Lesson 13

    • 3 Videos
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3 Videos

  • Testing our Work to Make it Most Effective
  • Care, Organization and Making a Real Difference
  • Motivating Change and Holistic Responses to Poverty

Readings

    • 1 Readings
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Peer Review

    • 1 PeerReview
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  • Global Disease and Health

Lesson 14

    • 3 Videos
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3 Videos

  • Introduction and Quiet Violence Against Girls and Women
  • Social Entrepreneurship and Gender Lens Investing
  • Education and Risk Taking

Lesson 15

    • 3 Videos
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3 Videos

  • Education and Building Human Capacity
  • Malala and the Courage of Education (1)
  • Malala and the Courage of Education (2)

Lesson 16

    • 2 Videos
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2 Videos

  • You Can Have Impact: Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn (Part 1)
  • How We Can Change the World: Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn

Reading

    • 1 Readings
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1 Readings

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Peer Review

    • 1 PeerReview
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  • Women, Education and Social Change

Lesson 17

    • 2 Videos
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2 Videos

  • Wesleyan Students Share Their Thoughts about Change
  • Listening to the Local and Practical Idealism

Peer Review

    • 1 PeerReview
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1 Peer Review

  • Peer Review: Final Assignment

Auto Summary

Discover how to address global challenges with "How to Change the World," a foundational course in Health & Fitness. Led by Coursera, this 1560-minute course explores poverty, the environment, technology, health care, gender, education, and activism. Available with Starter and Professional subscriptions, it's perfect for those eager to initiate positive change and make a difference.

Michael S. Roth
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Michael S. Roth