Online courses
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!
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.
It is not a secret that money problems may destroy relationships and therefore the spending money process must be taken under control. This course is useful for young married couples who want to control their money and learn how to save it. It includes practical recommendations that can be used in Ukrainian realities and explains how family budget management helps to achieve life goals and fulfill dreams.
One of the questions that considered in the course is how to negotiate about money in relationships and plan the budget together.
The course is in Ukrainian. It is freely accessible and open to everyone.
The digital technology development provides new opportunities for influencing the situation, rather than being a passive observer.
Our practical e-democracy course targets a wide audience. Authors help people to understand what an electronic (or digital) democracy is, how and with which instruments they can influence government, receive state services, join the processes of country management, create their own project and change this world for the better.
The course is in Ukrainian. 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.
It happens that a person deals with an uncertain situation, in which there is no clear right or wrong answer, but it is necessary to make decisions. Using creative thinking skills may be the best solution in this way. In the nearest future, the quantity of uncertain situations that will require non-standard approaches will only increase. There well-known that experts at the World Economic Forum in Davos have included creative thinking in the top 5 required competencies of the coming decade.
Creative thinking is called as out-of-the-box thinking, meaning thinking outside of patterns. This course is useful to those who are ready for lifelong education and want successfully applying their knowledge in a variety of spheres, including business, community, education, science, management and military affairs.
The course is in Ukrainian. It is freely accessible and open to everyone.
Social entrepreneurship is becoming an important trend in the world and in Ukraine. This phenomenon means there is no division between business, the public and social sector. Social entrepreneurship is the business of tomorrow, because it allows you to generate income and solve social problems, creating an unlimited space for the human development potential. In spite of the existing problems, dozens of social enterprises are already successfully working in Ukraine and their experience is presented in the course.
On real Ukrainian examples, the course discovers you what is the design thinking and explains how to apply this methodology and create your own social entrepreneurship.
The course is in Ukrainian. It is freely accessible and open to everyone.
This course is for the people who are interested in applying stories in the business and social life.
This interactive course allows developing both - an educational and creative skills. Using them you can refine your ability to analyze, design and transfer your experience in stories and in such a way improve your communicative and public speaking skills. Stories are easier for perception and information that’s delivered through stories is remembered much better.
The course is in Ukrainian. It is freely accessible and open to everyone.
It is well-known that Ukrainian politicians are not willing to represent the people of Ukraine. They artfully use logical errors to manipulate public opinion and apply knowledge about cognitive distortions in order to raise their ratings.
The future of Ukraine depends on our readiness to think critically and such skills are necessary, just like the ability to read and write. The course provides an opportunity to master the basic skills of critical thinking in a short time.
The course is in Russian. 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.