/channels/taxonomy/term/12615/all en /channels/news/students-fund-first-school-syrian-children-refugee-camp-258123 <p>Four students have set up the first school in an Iraqi refugee camp after meeting on the online course<strong> </strong><a href="https://www.edx.org/course/social-learning-social-impact-mcgillx-groocx">‘Social Learning for Social Impact’</a> at the<strong> </strong>Desautels Faculty of Management at ���ϲ����� University in Canada.</p> Tue, 26 Jan 2016 15:00:37 +0000 webfull 115510 at /channels /channels/news/henry-mintzberg-social-learning-social-impact-255032 <p><span>Global’s Elysia Bryan-Baynes speaks to Professor <strong>Henry Mintzberg</strong> on his new “Social Learning for Social Impact” course at ���ϲ����� University, which aims to inspire social change to create a positive and sustainable impact on the world.</span></p> <p>Watch the interview: <a href="http://globalnews.ca/video/2209722/henry-mintzberg-social-learning-for-social-impact" target="_blank">Global News</a>, September 8, 2015</p> Wed, 09 Sep 2015 14:32:57 +0000 webfull 112194 at /channels /channels/news/mcgill-lance-un-premier-%C2%ABgrooc%C2%BB-sur-l%E2%80%99entrepreneuriat-social-255402 <p><span>Le 16 septembre prochain, le début des cours se fera en ligne pour les élèves inscrits au premier « <strong>GROOC </strong>» (pour </span><i>Group MOOC</i><span>) de la faculté de gestion Desautels de ���ϲ�����. À travers un MOOC (</span><i>massive open online course, </i><span>ou cours en ligne ouvert à tous) pour groupes, les professeurs derrière le projet, <strong>Henry Mintzberg</strong>, <strong>Leslie Breitner</strong> et <strong>Anita Nowak</strong> , révolutionnent les codes de la classe traditionnelle pour initier une discussion sur l’initiative sociale. </span></p> Fri, 18 Sep 2015 14:46:22 +0000 webfull 112557 at /channels /channels/news/different-kind-mooc-255846 <p>The Desautels Faculty of Management launched a world’s first on September 16, coining a new word in the process. According to the people who put the course together, “<strong>Social Learning for Social Impact</strong>” is the very first <strong>GROOC</strong> (Group MOOC), a new massive open online course that’s designed to foster social collaboration, interaction and learning.</p> Fri, 02 Oct 2015 13:43:53 +0000 webfull 113017 at /channels /channels/news/when-mooc-became-grooc-we-all-became-change-makers-256451 <p>Do you remember the first time you heard about a 'MOOC'? Maybe it was through a sponsored ad on Linkedin. Or a friend's Facebook post urging you to enrol - along with her and 160 000 other participants - in Stanford's Artificial Intelligence (AI) MOOC (those are real numbers!). <br /></p> Fri, 30 Oct 2015 16:07:09 +0000 webfull 113655 at /channels /channels/news/trois-programmes-dans-lair-du-temps-256867 <p>Des milliers d'étudiants de partout dans le monde suivent gratuitement le cours en ligne <strong>Social Learning for Social Impact</strong>, travaillent en équipe et apprennent à réaliser des initiatives sociales qui auront des retombées. C'est la proposition du MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) de groupe, une première à <strong>l'Université ���ϲ�����</strong>.</p> <p>Read full article: <a href="http://affaires.lapresse.ca/portfolio/programmes-universitaires/201511/10/01-4919281-trois-programmes-dans-lair-du-temps.php" target="_blank">LaPresse</a>, November 10, 2015</p> Thu, 19 Nov 2015 14:55:53 +0000 webfull 114117 at /channels