International Master on the Web Communication for Development

http://www.k3.mah.se/comdev

Canada

Peru

ArgentinaSouth Africa

UK

Tanzania

NigeriaKenya

Bangladesh

Bolivia

Bosnia

Japan

Russia

HondurasSpain

Switzerland

DenmarkUSA

China

India

Serbia

Mozambique

Indonesia

Ecuador

Romania

Germany

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Egypt

Norway

Zimbabwe Malawi

Uganda

Niger

Finland

EthiopiaIvory Coast

IranPakistan

Thailand

Zambia

Namibia

Sweden

2000 - 2005

Comdev has been offered as a web-based Master course at Malmö University since 2000. From the outset, the concept was a rethinking of communication and development in the light of globalization, conducted through a combination of seminars and individual assessments and finally implemented in a Project Work, preferably although not necessarily in a developing country.

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When the program started for the third year, in August 2002, a group of 15 international students were enrolled and English became the official language of instruction. Since then the number of international students has constantly increased. Over the last two years, the majority of participants have been of non-Scandinavian origin.

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Recruitment

100% Scandinavian students

75% Scandinavian students 25% Non-Scandinavian students

2000

2002

40% Scandinavian students 60% Non-Scandinavian students(30% from developing countries)

2004

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Course curriculum

• Globalization and Communication (9 ECTS credits)

• Post-Colonial Perspectives (6 credits)

• Development Cooperation and Communication (7,5 credits)

• Culture and Media Analysis (7,5 credits)• ICT and Development (7,5 credits)

• Project Work (22,5 credits)

The Comdev program consists of six modules:

PedagogyComDev was designed for the web and its pedagogy is based on realizing the enormous learning potential of the Internet.

• Combination live seminars and online communicationJoint time-line

•Process-oriented learningGroup-dynamics, Peer reviews

• TransparencyOpen website, no e-mail

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Week-end SeminarsSix week-end seminars are held during the four semester program. Normally they take place in Malmö, but we intend to arrange at least one of the seminars elsewhere.

• Stockholm (January 2001)• Sarajevo (December 2003)• Gothenburg (February 2005)• Istanbul (October 2005)• Durban (November 2006)

The seminars remain a corner-stone of the ComDev pedagogy For overseas students who cannot attend (all) the seminars in person, it is possible to follow them on-line.

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For overseas students who

cannot attend (all) the seminars in

person, it is possible to follow them on-line by

Live Lecture

Live Lecture

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Video conferenceFace-to-face communication is used as a supplement

to live lecture and text chat, during on-line examinations and on-line guidance sessions.

ExaminationAssessment is made through a combination of group work and individual assignments. The individual assignments vary from traditional examination of the course literature to essays and academic papers. The final Project Work corresponds to the Master Thesis.K3 intends to bridge the gap between artistic and academic presentations. We welcome creative work as part of the assignments and we see form and content as intrinsically connected. However, artistic submissions must still meet the academic requirements, either integrated into work itself (essay, documentary etc.) or as a separate reflection upon applied theories and methods and chosen form.

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Project WorkThe project work is the final examination of the masters program.It includes planning, implementation, and analysis of a study in the field(s) of media, globalization, and international development cooperation. The work can be linked to an existing development aid project of which media and communication form an integral part.

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So far some 45 project works have been examined

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CommunityAt present there are more than seventy students studying on active ComDev courses. Some forty-five students have so far completed the course. Many of them are practicing their attained knowledge in the field

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Globala Tider www.globalatider.nu is a combined web mag and archive, intended to serve as a community for former, present and future ComDev students and practitioners.

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