[grc] First MOOC of its Kind Teaches Students to Use Journalism for Social Change

[Elizabeth Robinson]

Brian, this is the note I sent to our news department:

'By all means, check this out.  But generally speaking, I advise you to be very suspicious of MOOCs which are attempts to steer people away from personal interactions with scholars and the creators of MOOCs  presume that if you have 'the best' professor for a subject, you don't need any others.  Of course, 'best' is entirely subjective and it presumes that one person peering through a kaleidoscope can convey all of the possibilities to everyone else.  If someone wants to do a story on this, you might try interviewing Prof. Christopher Newfield in UCSB's English department.'

Best, 

Elizabeth
 
On Feb 26, 2015, at 5:39 PM, Brian Shiratsuki wrote:

> BERKELEY, CA – On March 4th the University of California, Berkeley’s
> Goldman School of Public Policy, Berkeley’s MOOCLab and EdX and will
> launch the first ever Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) focused on
> using solution-based journalism to drive social change.
> 
> The seven-week course, Journalism for Social Change (J4SC), will train
> students how to create solution-based journalism on issues affecting
> vulnerable children and youth. Through video-lectures, interactive
> games and writing exercises, they will report and produce journalism
> that elevates public discourse and policy...
> 
> <https://gspp.berkeley.edu/news/news-center/press-release-journalism-for-social-change>
> 
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