Admission requirements
Admission to the Minor. See Target Group.
Description
Building on knowledge accumulated in the first two on-campus courses, the online environment employed in this course enables partnering with peers from African higher education institutions in a Small Private Online Course (SPOC) and a Virtual Collaboration (VC) project. During these online exchanges, students also attend webinars and excursions with stakeholders and practitioners who inform EU-Dutch-African relations.
Jointly exploring transdisciplinary and innovative sustainable approaches, students gain insight into real-life scenarios, develop their critical and creative thinking skills, cultivate intercultural communication abilities and establish future partnership networks.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion students will have:
- Knowledge & understanding of:
Various role-players that advance the achievement of the SDGs;
The significance of numerous approaches and strategies in sustainable interventions;
Strategies, policies and partnerships that support NL-African collaboration;
Current growth and development realities on the African continent.
- Skills & competencies to:
Source information online and learn independently;
Observe and evaluate the realities of themes introduced in the minor;
Build African focused strategic alliance and partnership networks;
Connect with African academics to strengthen their international networks.
Timetable
Week 47 – 51: SPOC
Week 2 - 4: VC
Week 5: Closure
Modes of instruction
Online learning & global collaboration
In class, site visits and hybrid sessions with guest speakers
Course load
15 EC x 28 hours= 420 hours
Online SPOC: 312 hours
Building Networks: 28 hours
Integrated Assignments: 80 hours
Assessment method and weights
SPOC (Online participation/ Weekly Reflective Learning Journal? Podcast): 40 %
VC (Adaptive Management Plan): 30%
BN (Appraisals & Blog): 20%
Resit, inspection and feedback
Same subtest as the first (where possible), within given timeframe.
Brightspace
Leiden University Brightspace platform will be used for:
Announcements
Timetable
Course information
Online LMS
Submitting assignments
Grades
Calendar
Reading list
Prescribed reading available in the syllabus (Strive to use only open source online publications).
Registration
See Target Group.
Enrolment through MyStudymap is mandatory.
Registration à la carte and contract education
This course is part of the African Dynamics LDE Minor and can only be taken within the framework of participation in the minor.
Contact
Minor Coordinator: Madi Ditmars minorafricandynamics@asc.leidenuniv.nl
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Remarks
Not applicable.