Learning Outcomes

What is Community Development?

Process Strategies and Roles

Community Development Roles

Community Collaboration

Working Effectively Across Different Organizational Cultures

Lesson Summary

In this module, you will learn how to define the community and its characteristics, and identify an issue to be resolved within the community. You will look at the various roles within a community group and the strategies it can use to further its objectives.

Getting To Know Your Community

Assessing Your Community

Using Criteria and Processes to Set Priorities

You will learn about tools that can be used to analyze the community such as community asset mapping and the community characteristic checklist. You will also get an overview of the types of collaboration that may be possible with other organisations found in the community development sector.

Building the Team

Effective Meetings

Planning for Change

Governance - Part 1

Governance - Part 2

In this module, you will learn about creating a team that can identify issues within the community group from ensuring inclusive participation to navigation conflict as well as the practical aspects of governance, liability and structure of the community group.

Communication Skills

Learning Styles

Facilitation Skills

Presentation Skills

Media Relations

Leadership Skills

Negotiation Skills

This module looks at the skills involved in delivering projects such as communication and facilitation techniques, preparing presentations and leadership skills. It also reviews media relations such as writing a press release or how to answer a difficult question.

Working Together

Making It Happen

Finding Resources

This module focuses on working with other organisations and forming successful partnerships. The phases of fundraising and pros and cons of different types of fundraising are reviewed as is what you need to do to have a successful volunteer program.

Choosing an Evaluation Format

Evaluation Methods

Sustaining Momentum

In this module, you will explore why it is important to evaluate the community project, what evaluation methods you can use to evaluate the project and what you need to do to sustain progress in a community group.

Diploma In Community Development First Assessment

You must score 80% or more to pass this assessment.

Introduction to Diversity and Inclusion

Issues and Challenges

An Organizational Change Strategy

Steps to Inclusivity - Part 1

Steps to Inclusivity - Part 2

Legal Considerations

This module looks at diversity and inclusion, what the barriers to inclusion and how can they be overcome. It outlines the steps necessary to implement an inclusive policy in your organisation or group.

Planning Inclusive Events

Responding to Opposition

Sample Terms of Reference

Assessing the Community Demographic

Encouraging Diverse Community Involvement

Key Representative Interviews

Conducting Focus Groups

Organizational Self-Assessment Tool

Roles and Responsibilities of Stakeholders

Evaluating Your Success

This module provides the tools and techniques necessary to implement inclusiveness in and organisation along with the templates in the resources PDF that can be modified to fit your requirements.

What Do We Mean by Ethics?

Why Ethical Behavior Is Important

Who Is Subject to a Code of Ethics?

What Are the Ethical Issues to Be Considered?

This module will look at the role ethics play in community development projects. You will look at what is meant by the word 'ethics' and why ethical behavior is important. You will also study what ethical issues should be considered in community development projects and who is subject to a code of ethics.

Manage the Planning Process

Conduct a Situational Assessment

Set Goals, Audiences and Outcome Objectives

Choose Strategies and Activities and Assign Resources

Develop Indicators

Review the Plan

This module provides the tools and techniques necessary to manage and plan a promotion campaign in the community development area. It takes you through step by step from the situational assessment and goal setting to the reviewing the plan for completeness.

Developing Program Plan

Seeking Funding

Manage the Proposal Development Process

Developing Your Proposal

Producing and Packaging Proposal

Submitting Proposal and Follow-Up

This module will walk you through the process of seeking funding for community projects, from firming out your project plan and identifying possible funding sources to developing and submitting the proposal.

Diploma in Community Development Second Assessment

Diploma In Community Development Final Assessment

This online course offers a certificate in community development, covering community values, concepts, and practices.

Diploma in Community Development

This free online course offers a Certificate in Community Development, and covers the values, concepts, and practices commonly found in the community development sector, showing you how to consider community health in trying to understand community development. You will learn to identify and address serious issues in your community. If you want to learn how to organize a community group, this certificate training program is for you.

Extremism and Terrorism

The Radicalisation Process

Counter-Terrorism Strategies

This module provides an in-depth understanding of the contemporary forms of extremism and terrorism and the factors motivating radicalism. You'll learn to identify potential signs of radicalisation and the various preventive strategies to counter extremism and foster a more inclusive and resilient society.

Extremism and Terrorism Awareness Training - Course Assessment

Enhance security, recognise threats, and contribute to a safer community and world with this free online course.

Extremism and Terrorism Awareness Training

In today's world, it is crucial to stay vigilant and protect against extremism and terrorism. Are you prepared to defend against these threats? This course is designed to enhance your understanding of radicalisation and extremism, equipping you with the skills to safeguard vulnerable individuals from manipulation by terrorists and extremists. Explore the 'Prevent' concept and discover how communities can contribute to countering terrorism.

This module defines the community and its characteristics, and how to identify an issue to be resolved within the community. You will also look at various roles within a community group and strategies it can use to further its objectives.

This module is about tools that can be used to analyze the community such as community asset mapping and the community characteristic checklist. It provides an overview of the types of collaboration that may be possible with other organizations found in the community development sector.

Introduction to Community Development Assessment

Learn about the principles of community development, how to identify and resolve issues from this free online course.

Introduction to Community Development

This free online course, Introduction to Community Development, teaches about the values, concepts, and practices utilized in the community development sector. You will learn how to identify issues that need to be actioned within the community as well as about the collaborations, tools for community analysis, group roles and strategies to achieve objectives, as well as inclusive participation and navigating group conflict.

Course Introduction

Definitions Of International Relations

Types Of Theories

Theories of International Relations

More Theories of International Relations

Evolution Of Inter-State Relations

In this module, you will be introduced to the concept of international relations and its history. Learners will also be introduced to the theories and evolution of international relations. You will learn about the evolution of inter-state relations and the driving force behind their emergence. You will be shown how cooperation is achieved and sustained in world politics and the political powers that existed in the middle ages.

Causes Of War

Quest For International Peace

Security And Organizations

International Political Economy

Economy And Globalization

In this module, you will be introduced to the definitions of war and its causes. You will be taught the Bretton Woods system of monetary cooperation and its institutions. On top of this, you will learn about the effect of the Covid-19 pandemic on globalization. Furthermore, learners will gain an understanding of the idea of collective security, how to reform capitalism and Marxism in international relations.

Course Assessment - International Relations

This free online international relations course will improve your skills in addressing contemporary global issues.

International Relations

In this free online course, you will be presented with a complete introduction to international relations which is an important academic discipline. This course will make you a better thinker and speaker by giving you the knowledge and understanding of the key aspects and basics principles of international relations along with the unique relationships that exist between many nations, sovereign states and their respective cultures.

Topic 1 : Empowerment, Agency and Distributive Justice

Topic 2 :Action Strategies: Dismantling Oppression and Power

Topic 3 : Child Brides

Topic 4: Child Soldiers: The Big Dilemma of Small Soldiers

Topic 5: Trauma, Violence, and Memory in African Child Soldier Memoirs

Topic 6: Child Soldiers: Violence as a Currency of Legitimacy

This module defines oppression and power and discusses how they intersect in people's daily lives and experiences. We look at two key contexts for children: marriage and warfare. Strategies for combating power disparities and oppression are also discussed.

Topic 1 : The Concept of Environmental Justice and Its Use

Topic 2 : Environmental Justice in Indian Country

Topic 3 : Unjust Coverage of the Flint Water Crisis

Topic 4: The New York Times Parachutes Into Flint

Topic 5: National Media Coverage

Topic 6: Theorizing Indigenous Student Resistance

Topic 7: Native American Student Activism and Tma’áakni

The module investigates the literature on environmental justice, attempting to demonstrate its varied nature and application since the middle of the 1980s. We also explore environmental justice, the degradation of the environment, and waste dispersal.

Justice, Power, and Human Rights: Global Challenges Explored - Assessment

This free online course investigates approaches to prevent child maltreatment and environmental injustice.

Justice, Power, and Human Rights: Global Challenges Explored

This course tackles global and distributive justice issues through the lens of society's most vulnerable group: children. We discuss two crucial issues for them: marriage and war. We also investigate environmental degradation, waste distribution and environmental justice. The links between these two seemingly apart themes raised the question: How are global justice arguments viable when people lack access to justice?

What Is Sociology?

The History of Sociology

Theoretical Perspectives

Why Study Sociology?

This module introduces you to sociology by giving an overview of what culture is and how it develops and changes over time. It looks at areas such as population and diversity with reference to the three main theories: Structural-Functionalism, Conflict Theory and Symbolic Interactionism.

What Is Culture?

Elements Of Culture

Pop Culture, Subculture and Cultural Change

Theoretical Perspectives on Culture

This module introduces expands on what culture is by examining popular culture and sub culture, how the norms are maintained and the effect of language and symbols on a culture. The different perspectives each theory has on culture are also outlined.

Types Of Societies

Theoretical Perspectives On Society

Social Constructions Of Reality

This model reviews the evolution of societies, particularly industrial and post-industrial, and the emergence of conflict theory. It also looks at the reality of social interactions or habitualisation and ‘roles and status’ affect society along with our own view of our selves.

Theories Of Self Development

Why Socialization Matters

Agents Of Socialization

Socialization Across The Life Course

Socialisation, or is how we learn the norms and beliefs of our society, from childhood through education and into the workplace is covered here. It reviews why it is important and what problems people can have if they are not socialised into the society in which the live.

Types Of Groups

Group Size And Structure

Formal Organizations

Within all societies the are various groups and subgroups the people belong to. This module looks at the different types of groups, such as family or political, how they are formed, what type of structures they have and how they compete with each other.

Demography And Population

Urbanization

The Environment and Society

Societies and the environment have a symbiotic relationship. As we impact on the environment we diminish what we can take from nature. We see the challenges in addressing climate change given the increase in urbanisation and different stages of industrialisation throughout the world.

What Is Social Stratification?

Global Stratification And Inequality

Theoretical Perspectives On Social Stratification

Social Stratification And Mobility In The United States

This module explores the different layers in society, such as class or caste. It also explores what affect this has on the individual: either enabling them through privilege and wealth to access a good education and job opportunities, or limiting them through poverty or social restriction to a poorer education and less skilled jobs.

Global Stratification And Classification

Global Wealth And Poverty

Theoretical Perspectives on Global Stratification

This module looks at the way countries are classified in terms of wealth and development and how the difference in wealth and resources leads to dependencies between countries that contribute to poverty. It also looks at the different types of poverty experienced in different places.

Racial, Ethnic, And Minority Groups

Stereotypes, Prejudice, And Discrimination

Theories Of Race And Ethnicity

Intergroup Relationships

Race and ethnicity are among the most common causes of inequality globally. This module looks at the roles and behaviours of both dominant and subordinate groups, how stereotyping perpetuates discrimination, what the different types of discrimination are, and the nature of intergroup relationships.

The Difference Between Sex And Gender

Gender

Theoretical Perspectives On Gender

Sex And Sexuality

Theoretical Perspectives On Sex And Sexuality

This module explores the effect of gender and gender identity on the individual in society. It looks at the differences between socialising and educating males and females and how this can restrict or enable them in life. It also looks at the role of both homophobia and heterosexism in society.

Education Around The World

Theoretical Perspectives On Education

This module looks at the differences in educational resources around the world and the resulting impact on individuals. It also considers the role played by both the formal education and informal education within schools.

Diploma in Sociology - First Assessment

What Is Marriage? What Is A Family?

Variations In Family Life

Theoretical Perspectives On Marriage And Family

Divorce And Remarriage

Violence And Abuse

This module looks at how sociology defines family, lines of decent and residency. It also explores how families vary from single parents to same-sex couples, and what the social impact of changing family structures is along with the challenges faced by families through divorce and family abuse.

The Sociological Approach To Religion

World Religions

Religion And Social Change

This module explores religion from a sociological perspective and will give you an insight into the different types of religious organisations and classifications of religion, before looking at major world religions in more detail and how religion has brought about social change.

Power And Authority

Forms Of Government

Voter Participation

Theoretical Perspectives On Government And Power

In this module you will explore power and authority and its use in government and politics by looking at types or authority and the various forms for government from dictatorships and oligarchy to democracy including constitutional monarchies. You will look at the roles of race, gender and class in voter participation.

Economic Systems

Capitalism And Socialism

Theoretical Perspectives On The Economy

Globalization And The Economy

This module explores world of work and the economy with a focus on capitalism and socialism, both practice and from the view of the three main theories. You will also look at globalisation and how it manifests itself, in modern society along with the pros and cons from an economic point of view.

The Social Construction of Health

Global Health

This module studies healthcare from the social construction of health and medical sociology to global health and social epidemiology and the differences between low and high income nations. Using the United States as an example, you will explore the issues such access for different socio-economic groups, mental health and disability issues and the correlation between medicalisation and stigmatisation.

Learn how society and culture combine to create the human world around us in this free online sociology diploma course.

Diploma in Sociology

This diploma course lays out the important concepts and methods of sociology to explain how humans organize themselves into large groups. The study of sociology is crucial for planning and understanding communities to effectively manage their problems. We establish that society is a complex phenomenon with multiple interacting elements and show you how to use sociology to understand them. Sign up to see the world around you with new eyes