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MOOC for Digital Facilitation and Community Engagement // Power Youth Up

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Course Overview

This MOOC is centred around Digital Facilitation and Community Engagement themes, particularly emphasising the skills needed for online facilitation in current and future challenges such as the COVID-19 pandemic.  It aims to provide youth workers with tools to engage effectively in individual and group learning environments.

The course will be structured into modules and units and feature diverse content, including videos, quizzes, text, graphics, and other interactive materials tailored for easy and enjoyable learning.

The course is connected to the Power Youth Up project – an international initiative designed for local implementation across Europe. The project addresses challenges in youth work and the methodologies employed with local groups. Guided by the central principle of “Empowering Us to Empower Youth,” the project aims to strengthen participating organizations by developing innovative methodologies and strategies to engage young people in community and youth spaces.

“Power Youth Up” is a cooperation partnership for creativity and innovation in collaboration with Youth Coop (Portugal), Associação Novo Mundo Azul (Portugal), Fundația Județeană pentru Tineret Timiș (Romania), Centro Fonti San Lorenzo (Italy), Asociación P.O.D. (Spain) and Solidarity Tracks (Greece). It is co-financed on the European level by the Erasmus+ program, represented by ‘Agência Nacional Erasmus+ Juventude/Desporto e CES’.

This project is funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them. 

The course content is licensed under Creative Commons Licence Attribution 4.0 International. Distorting the original meaning or message of this content is not allowed.

What You'll Learn?

  • To equip youth workers with essential skills for Digital Facilitation and Community Engagement, especially tailored for the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • To provide an entirely online learning experience that accommodates individual and collaborative learning settings.
  • To adapt and repurpose existing materials into a format suitable for online learning, enriched by various forms of multimedia like videos, quizzes, text, and graphics.
  • To allow flexibility and modularity, enabling each PYU consortium’s organisation to contribute to the course content effectively.
  • Professionals and volunteers who work with and for youngsters (12-30)
  • Youth Workers
  • Community Workers
  • Educators
  • Teachers
  • Social Workers
  • Animators
  • Pedagogs
  • Leaders from Youth Organisations
  • Ideally, participants should be active professionals who work with or for Youth or individuals interested in youth work, community engagement and development.
  • Above the age of 16.
  • Intermediate proficiency in the English language to engage with course materials, discussions, and assignments effectively.
  • Reliable internet connection to access the course.
  • Access to a computer or smart device capable of running the MOOC platform - we recommend using a desktop or laptop.
  • Basic proficiency in digital tools and platforms.
  • Willing to commit to the duration of the MOOC.
  • Willingness to engage with diverse participants from different cultural, social, and geographical backgrounds.
  • Agree to promote respect, inclusivity, and ethical behaviour throughout the course.

Course Content

  • Module 1 - Introduction

    • 1.1. Welcome to the course

      00:02:42

    • Data Processing Consent (GDPR)

    • 1.2. Introduction & Profile

    • 1.3. Motivation and expectations

    • 1.4. Past experience with online courses and MOOCs

    • 1.5. Introduction to the Erasmus+ Programme

      00:02:26

    • 1.6. Understanding Erasmus+

      00:09:55

    • 1.7. Power Youth Up as a study case

      00:01:54

    • 1.8. The Meaning of Creativity

      00:01:55

    • 1.9. The New World: Digital

      00:03:18

    • 1.10. Glossary of Key Words and Concepts

  • Module 2 - Youth Work in Europe

    • 2.1. What is Youth Work?

      00:03:15

    • 2.2. Ethical Compass of Youth Work

      00:03:13

    • 2.3. Youth Worker

      00:03:26

    • 2.4. Understanding Youth Work

    • 2.5. Non-Formal Education

      00:05:02

    • 2.6. European Active Citizenship

      00:03:13

    • 2.7. Quiz on NFE and EAC

    • 2.8. Youth Participation

      00:04:00

    • 2.9. European Union Strategies

      00:03:54

    • 2.10. Youth Participation and EU Strategies

    • 2.11. Reflection about the concept of community

    • Lesson 2.11. Community based Youth Work

      00:13:38

    • 2.12. Youth as changemakers

      00:03:49

    • 2.13. The role of youth workers in local organisations

      00:02:31

    • 2.14. Quiz on Community-Based Youth Work

    • 2.15. Evaluation of the module

    • 2.16. Final words on the module

  • Module 3 - Introduction to Gamification

    • 3.1. Concepts of gamification

      00:02:46

    • 3.2. Gamification in Education

      00:02:22

    • 3.3. Gamification and Motivational Design

      00:02:51

    • 3.4. Reflection about gamification

    • 3.5. Digital tools for gamification

      00:07:02

    • 3.5. Key elements of gamification

    • 3.7. Examples of good practices

    • 3.8. Examples of Power Youth Up activities

    • 3.9. Connecting gamification, creativity and youth work

      00:02:38

    • 3.10. More resources about gamification

      00:24:42

    • 3.11. Assignment about gamification

    • 3.12. Final words on the module and bibliography

  • Module 4 - Community Engagement

    • 4.1. What are communities?

      00:03:53

    • 4.1.1. Concepts

    • 4.2. Choose the community

      00:46:21

    • 4.2.1. Analysing Community Cohesion and Disaggregation

    • 4.3. Imagine Community

      00:02:40

    • 4.3.1. Defining Our Community

    • 4.4. Design Community Engagement

    • 4.5. Planning Engagement Efforts

    • 4.6. Approaches to collaborative leadership

    • 4.7. Community spaces and youth spaces

      00:03:19

    • 4.8. Quiz on Community Engagement

    • 4.9. Conclusion, Evaluation and Bibliography

  • Module 5 - Thinking about the local context

    • 5.1. Local context

      00:02:53

    • 5.2 - Assessment of needs from youth and community

      00:09:19

    • 5.3. How to know better your local context

    • 5.4 Needs assessment (Power Youth Up Process)

      00:02:08

    • 5.5. Explaining focus groups

      00:04:46

    • 5.6. Evaluation - Social Impact

      00:03:12

    • Lesson 5.7. Developing an assessment

      00:07:45

    • 5.8. Final assignment

    • 5.9. Wrap up and Evaluation of the Module

  • Module 6 - Facilitation of Activities

    • 6.1. Non-formal education and learning

      00:02:39

    • 6.2. Non-formal education and learning

    • 6.3. Definitions and Principles of Non-formal Learning

    • 6.4. Non-formal education and learning

    • 6.5. Quiz on Non-formal education and learning

    • 6.6. Developing a learning project

      00:07:28

    • 6.7. Activity Planning Exercise

    • 6.8. Quiz on Activity Planning

    • 6.9. Facilitation of learning

      00:08:17

    • 6.10. Facilitation of learning

    • 6.11. Quiz on facilitation of learning

    • 6.12. Facilitation techniques

      00:07:28

    • 6.13. Assignment on Facilitation techniques

    • 6.14. Facilitation Techniques

    • 6.15. Photovoice as a facilitation method

    • 6.16. Conclusion and Evaluation of the Module

  • Module 7 - Digital Facilitation of Activities

    • 7.1. Notions of Digital Facilitation

      00:01:37

    • 7.2. Challenges and ethical considerations

      00:01:42

    • 7.3. Best practices to protect youth in digital engagement

      00:01:52

    • 7.4. Exercise about Digital Activities in Youth Work

    • 7.5. Non-formal education adapted to digital facilitation

    • 7.6. Quiz on Digital Facilitation

    • 7.7. Digital tools for digital facilitation

    • 7.8. Exploring Virtual Collaboration and Social Media Engagement in Youth Work

    • 7.9. Quiz on digital collaboration and engagement

    • 7.10. Exploring case studies of digital platforms

    • 7.11. Guidelines to develop a digital facilitation activity

    • 7.12. Final assignment

    • 7.13. Conclusion and bibliography

  • Module 8 - Conclusion

    • 8.1. Conclusion

Free
  • Duration 25:00:00
  • Lessons 58
  • Enrolled 22
  • Language English
  • Skill Intermediate
  • Available Seats 278
  • Last Update 24/01/2024