Course Designer: IFWEA
Education for Empowerment
Language: English
Kind of delivery: Fully Online
Number of hours: Approximately 12 (based on 5 x 90-minute Zoom sessions + self-paced work)
Learning Objective
To provide worker educators with a theoretical and practical foundation in workers’ education, empowerment, and popular education models; and to enable them to implement online education activities that contribute to transformative change in their communities or workplaces.
Course Content Translation
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Who is this course for
Worker educators, trade union facilitators, and organisers working in labour movements, community organisations, or education institutions who want to deepen their understanding of empowerment and online learning for social change.
Learning Outcome
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
- Reflect on their experiences of education and define its meaning
- Understand the role of workers’ education in labour movements
- Define empowerment and explore how education builds collective power
- Examine popular education models
- Understand the impact of the digital divide and how to bridge it
- Implement an online education activity in their own organisation
Mode of delivery
Facilitated
How is it delivered?
Some parts synchronous and some parts asynchronous
Course Duration
5 weeks
No of hours required
Approximately 12 (based on 5 x 90-minute Zoom sessions + self-paced work)
Technical Requirements
Smartphone or computer, stable internet access
Software requirements
Internet browser, PDF reader, Google Docs (optional), access to Zoom
Prior Knowledge
- Basic computer and internet skills
- How to use the Online Labour Academy (OLA)
- Interest or experience in worker education
- English language proficiency
Organisation Of Course Designer:
Nina Langit-Garcia, Sahra Ryklief