Students fund first school for Syrian children in refugee camp

Published: 26 January 2016

Four students have set up the first school in an Iraqi refugee camp after meeting on the online course ‘Social Learning for Social Impact’ at the Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill...

McGill lance un premier «GROOC» sur l’entrepreneuriat social

Published: 18 September 2015

Le 16 septembre prochain, le début des cours se fera en ligne pour les élèves inscrits au premier « GROOC » (pour Group MOOC) de la faculté de gestion Desautels de McGill. À travers un MOOC ...

Enter the GROOC: Better Than a MOOC?

Published: 20 January 2015

Now we can call a MOOC for what it is: Missed Opportunity for Online Collaboration. Otherwise known as the Massive Online Open Course, the MOOC possesses a major downside – students get flexibility...

Online Course Inspires Students to Create the First School in an Iraqi Refugee Camp near Dohuk

Published: 21 April 2016

Four students have set up a school in a refugee camp near the Iraqi city of Dohuk, the first of its kind within this camp. Having met through an online course run by the Desautels Faculty of...

A different kind of MOOC

Published: 2 October 2015

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, “Social Learning for Social...

World’s first Group MOOC set to ignite global social change

Published: 26 August 2015

For Immediate Release World’s first Group MOOC set to ignite global social change

On the Earth, for the Earth: Acting together for a cool planet

Wednesday, August 10, 2016 09:15to15:00

Hundreds of 2016 World Social Forum participants will meet to brainstorm new solutions to climate change. This is the wild idea of Henry Mintzberg, internationally renowned management academic.475...

When the MOOC became a GROOC, we all became change-makers

Published: 30 October 2015

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...

Henry Mintzberg: Social learning for social impact

Published: 9 September 2015

Global’s Elysia Bryan-Baynes speaks to Professor Henry Mintzberg on his new “Social Learning for Social Impact” course at McGill University, which aims to inspire social change to create a positive...

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