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The first experience of the Open University of Maidan (OUM) activities helped us to make several important conclusions. First of all, our team should apply different approaches and observe the issues from different perspectives to implement changes as it is hard to realize what will be needed in the process, what programs should be outlined and how to establish a systematic approach in one’s studying. Gained experience supported us in our decision to create “Concerned Activist’s School” educational program. This school is the result of facilitators', psychologists', activists', and leaders’ work. Implementing the experience of 26 events we had held all over Ukraine, we transformed the School into a branch of massive open online courses that provide a balanced and comprehensive base of knowledge about public activism, have straight structure and deliver simple and precise messages.
It is extremely crucial that “Concerned Activist’s School” as many other complex programs by the OUM is always changing and adopting concerning demands of the society and patterns of its development.
But how does it actually works? If you are interested in one of our massive open online courses and sign up for it, our platform automatically signs you up for all the online courses of this program.
Complex programs require not only the successful ending of the particular online courses but final assignment completing. When you end the course you may get your Certificate.
This part contains complex solutions of the issues in the civil society sphere. The main objective of the complex programs is to help us with an efficient understanding of the courses and experts effectiveness in answering complicated questions that are on your list. Topics of our courses may correlate with your particular problems and may be instrumental in the troubleshooting process.
The platform creates new opportunities for those responsible and active members of the communities who are ready to change themselves and their communities. Choose your program now and enjoy the education process on the OUM!
This course is an introduction to integral dynamics which is an effective model of the evolution of thinking, leadership and management. It describes the development of psychosocial systems on different levels, such as a person, a company, people, and humanity. The course allows to learn how the values and ways of thinking influence people’s behavior, why people often can’t come up with effective ways of managing subordinates. It allows to analyze the diversity of management cultures and learn how to accept the position of colleagues, see opportunities and ways to improve yourself and your team. The course also shows the evolution of thinking and its influence on the evolution of economic relations, political systems, cultures and religions, national identity, etc.
The course is in Ukrainian. It is freely accessible and open to everyone.
Project management includes different activities such as idea generation, planning, executing, controlling the team’s work to achieve goals and meet specific KPIs. The main purpose of the course is to explain how project management works in practice. The course answers the main questions:
- What is the strategic role of projects in the company management?
- What is the value of project management skills to increase the company competitiveness?
This course explains what is the city branding and why this process differs from the product branding. It also considers why it is impossible to create the city brand by only organizing contests and events, what typical mistakes people make and why there are so many unsuccessful projects in this area.
The course is addressed to active citizens, marketing managers, brand managers and PR-specialists. It is useful to everyone who is worried about the development of their city and trying to change the situation for the better.
The course is in Russian. It is freely accessible and open to everyone.
Ukraine is a country with various opportunities. But sometimes we do not see them or do not believe that it's really possible to do something useful and interesting. In addition, we are mostly concerned that financial resources are instrumental for a successful project. But is money so important? In fact, the most significant resource we have available is the ability of people to unite around ideas and implement them in real life. During the course, successful cases and social projects are considered. It is practical experience on how Ukrainian communities are successfully developing their cities and towns without huge investments and state assistance.
The course is in Ukrainian. It is freely accessible and open to everyone.
What can we do to motivate people to change their behavior, to get rid of bad habits or try to do something useful for society? Asking this, we don’t mean psychology or personal effectiveness and goal achievement. We mean social problems and the possibility to resolve them using traditional marketing. This course is addressed to activists, NGO staff, representatives of civil society, all those who try to influence social behavior and want to change the country for the better. It clearly demonstrates that the standard approaches of commercial marketing can work effectively in the social area.
The course is in Russian. It is freely accessible and open to everyone.
«Human rights» is the topic that was under active discussion during the Revolution of Dignity that took place in Ukraine in February 2014. Ukraine received a chance to build a democratic country where human rights are respected. An integral part of this process is legal education. A person who knows one's rights is no longer defenseless. This course is for those who want to discover legal standards, to learn the values that lie in the international human rights system, and understand the significance of human rights in the transformation of modern Ukraine.
The course is in Ukrainian. It is freely accessible and open to everyone.
This course provides information about the 15 most useful open electronic registries in Ukraine. It shows step-by-step instructions on how to use each resource and illustrates all the benefits. The course is predominantly practical.
The lecturer - Artem Romanyukov is chairman of one of the most effective Ukrainian anti-corruption organizations "Platform of Public Control", which reveals corruption among officials and deputies. He is an author and co-author of numerous investigations of corruption crimes which were detected due to using open registers and open data.
The course is in Russian. It is freely accessible and open to everyone.
The purpose of this course is to give people - non-financiers an understanding of the essence and logic of credits. There are issues under consideration:
- Why people need credits and what is credit in Ukrainian reality?
- How to identify credit manipulation?
- How to determine the cost of a credit?
- How to understand why some credits are more expensive than others?
The basis of the course is an analysis of cases and examples of successful public activism in Ukraine. Minimum of theory and maximum of practice on how citizens can solve problems, thereby changing their community, their city or the country through their active position and desire. The course consists of 12 modules and includes the experience of the course authors and special guest speakers – people who have achieved great success in changing the situation in Ukraine for the better.
The course is in Ukrainian. It is freely accessible and open to everyone.
The course is based on theoretical knowledge of Ukrainian Law on Public Procurement, as well as on the analysis of cases from real situations. By analyzing and exploring public procurement, people can understand where and how they can find corrupt components and how to track unfair tenders. It is also provided what they need to do in such cases, where to go and how to deny suspicious tenders. The main purpose of this course is to induce people not to stand aside, but to join the process of reforming public procurement and combating corruption.
The course in is in Ukrainian. It is freely accessible and open to everyone.