Les infos clés
En résumé
This globalization course focuses on the ways market-led macro-economic reforms associated with globalization (such as free trade agreements and privatization initiatives) have come together with much more micro innovations in how personal behavior is organized by market forces (rethinking education as a personal investment practice, for example, or outsourcing dating to for-profit companies).
At the end of this course you will be able to:
- Describe the main debates and controversies surrounding globalization
- Analyze the ties and tensions of uneven global development
- Understand the growing impact of global market integration
- Synthesize knowledge of market globalization with your own experiences of market forces and market reforms
- Evaluate the way in which market forces define and delimit personal choices and everyday life globally
- Develop capacity to respond and reflect personally amidst the ties and tensions of market-led globalization.
This course is adapted from a similar class offered by the Bachelor of Arts in Integrated Social Sciences, a fully online degree completion program from the University of Washington.
Le programme
At the end of this course you will be able to:
- Describe the main debates and controversies surrounding globalization.
- Analyze the ties and tensions of uneven global development.
- Understand the growing impact of global market integration.
- Synthesize knowledge of market globalization with your own experiences of market forces and market reforms.
- Evaluate the way in which market forces define and delimit personal choices and everyday life globally
- Develop capacity to respond and reflect personally amidst the ties and tensions of market-led globalization.
Les intervenants
- Matthew Sparke
Le concepteur
Founded in 1861, the University of Washington is one of the oldest state-supported institutions of higher education on the West Coast and is one of the preeminent research universities in the world.
La plateforme
EdX est une plateforme d'apprentissage en ligne (dite FLOT ou MOOC). Elle héberge et met gratuitement à disposition des cours en ligne de niveau universitaire à travers le monde entier. Elle mène également des recherches sur l'apprentissage en ligne et la façon dont les utilisateurs utilisent celle-ci. Elle est à but non lucratif et la plateforme utilise un logiciel open source.
EdX a été fondée par le Massachusetts Institute of Technology et par l'université Harvard en mai 2012. En 2014, environ 50 écoles, associations et organisations internationales offrent ou projettent d'offrir des cours sur EdX. En juillet 2014, elle avait plus de 2,5 millions d'utilisateurs suivant plus de 200 cours en ligne.
Les deux universités américaines qui financent la plateforme ont investi 60 millions USD dans son développement. La plateforme France Université Numérique utilise la technologie openedX, supportée par Google.
