SLURC, Njala, DPU launch 'Development and Planning in African Cities' MOOC
October, 2018
The Sierra Leone Urban Research Centre, Njala University, and the Bartlett Development Planning Unit of University College London have launched a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) entitled 'Development and Planning in African Cities'.
The 4-week course will start on October 8, is open to all and free of charge, it involves about 3 hours of study time per week.
You can register for it, find the course trailer and get more information on the Future Learn platform which hosts the course:
www.futurelearn.com/courses/african-cities
If you have no access to internet or a laptop/PC, you can either visit the SLURC office on 63 Upper Brook Street, Freetown to access the course on a laptop in the office or you can get all course materials on a USB sticks. We will have a limited number of USB sticks available at our office. Please get in touch if you would like to arrange a time to visit or would need such a USB stick.
The online course will explore African cities through the lenses of spatial justice and social diversity, challenging myths and assumptions about urban development and demonstrating how different processes interact and shape the development of a city.
It is divided into four sections:
- Introduction to development and planning in African cities,
- Urban land & informalities
- Governance planning
- Urban risk, vulnerabilities and Infrastructure.
The course will allow you to directly interact with many urban professionals, civil servants, and civil society leaders from across Africa and the world.
The course is a work-in-progress and was developed by the lead educators Andrea Rigon and Joseph Macarthy and produced with the support of Alexander Stone and Joanna Stroud.
It follows a face-to-face course with the same contents delivered in June to 25 Sierra Leone civil servants, academics, civil society leaders and urban professionals selected from more than 200 applicants. This online course is also an attempt to meet the great demand for learning in this field.
The 4-week course will start on October 8, is open to all and free of charge, it involves about 3 hours of study time per week.
You can register for it, find the course trailer and get more information on the Future Learn platform which hosts the course:
www.futurelearn.com/courses/african-cities
If you have no access to internet or a laptop/PC, you can either visit the SLURC office on 63 Upper Brook Street, Freetown to access the course on a laptop in the office or you can get all course materials on a USB sticks. We will have a limited number of USB sticks available at our office. Please get in touch if you would like to arrange a time to visit or would need such a USB stick.
The online course will explore African cities through the lenses of spatial justice and social diversity, challenging myths and assumptions about urban development and demonstrating how different processes interact and shape the development of a city.
It is divided into four sections:
- Introduction to development and planning in African cities,
- Urban land & informalities
- Governance planning
- Urban risk, vulnerabilities and Infrastructure.
The course will allow you to directly interact with many urban professionals, civil servants, and civil society leaders from across Africa and the world.
The course is a work-in-progress and was developed by the lead educators Andrea Rigon and Joseph Macarthy and produced with the support of Alexander Stone and Joanna Stroud.
It follows a face-to-face course with the same contents delivered in June to 25 Sierra Leone civil servants, academics, civil society leaders and urban professionals selected from more than 200 applicants. This online course is also an attempt to meet the great demand for learning in this field.