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Turn Climate Anxiety into Positive Action

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Discover the role of technology in tackling climate change and climate anxietyStart out on your journey to turning climate change anxiety into positive and lasting action with this fascinating course from Samsung.Looking at the role technology can play in tackling climate change, you’ll gain a deeper understanding of the issues facing our planet in the future and how to overcome them.Identify how you feel about climate activism and technologyAlongside fascinating mentors and leaders, including rapper Lady Leshurr, documentary filmmaker Jack Harries, and with visionary speaker Andy Middleton, you’ll explore some of the things you can personally do to activate positive change.You’ll then make a ‘Stand for Humanity’ pledge with activist Yazzie Min, and consider the importance of self-care and technology in climate activism.How can you turn climate change anxiety into positive action?Learning from the expertise of climate activist and documentary maker Jack Harries, you’ll look at the small steps you can take if you’re feeling overwhelmed by the climate crisis.You’ll dive into the role food, veganism and technology play in creating a more sustainable future with Ed Winters.Become an optimist in the age of anxietyAfter probing at what the climate crisis means for us today, you’ll discover how digital tools can help build resistance and resilience for the leaders of tomorrow.Plus, you’ll hear from course ambassador Lady Leshurr on her ideas of how to turn climate anxiety into positive action.The final step of the course will invite you to develop a business proposal, service, or product which answers the question: How can technology unlock climate activism in everyone?This course is primarily designed for 18 to 25-year-olds passionate about issues associated with climate change and activism.However, the course is also open to those interested in making positive social change through technology.

Respecting Our Differences Online

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Explore how our differences of opinion can bring us closer togetherOn this course, you’ll explore ways to make the online world safe for everyone and learn how we can use technology to celebrate our differences online.Can differences of opinion bring us closer together?With fascinating insights and instruction from educators working in the fields of social media influencing, journalism, research and more, you’ll consider what our ‘differences’ really mean and how they should be respected online.You’ll examine the concept of social media echo chambers and learn how they feed into our online conversations, before getting hands-on experience creating a social media platform that encourages differing ideas and dispels fake news.How does bias affect technology?Technology reflects the unconscious biases and prejudices we hold.You’ll learn with Areeq Chowdhury, founder of WebRoots Democracy and digital democracy advocate, how bias feeds into technology and can shape our ideas on gender and race.Together, you’ll consider the value of diverse ideas and viewpoints for helping us overcome bias.How can we embrace diversity online?Expressing yourself safely online requires the right type of communication. You’ll hear from Chloe Pierre, Lady Leshurr, and Liv Little on how to have healthy forms of debate and dialogue online and why that means listening to opinions that are different to you own.You’ll get tips for communicating better online, before completing the final challenge of thinking up a product, service or app idea that will help us to respect our differences online.By the end of the course, you’ll understand why paying attention to and amplifying the opinions and differences of others online with technology can help make you a better global citizen.This course is primarily designed for 18 to 25-year-olds interested in how technology can be used to help us respect our differences online.However, the course will be useful for anyone who is interested in making positive social change through technology.

Building Human Connection in a Digital World

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Harness the power of technology to connect better with others on and offlineThis course will help you to better understand how technology is changing the way we interact and reflect on ways we can use technology to reduce social isolation.Over two weeks, you’ll build your skills in communication, collaboration and critical thinking, as you explore how technology can be used to solve the challenge of isolation.How does the online world impact communication?Alongside a global community of learners, you’ll examine the highs and lows of online communication – exploring how it can impact people’s well-being and the barriers that need to be overcome to create meaningful and truthful connections in the online world.Using lockdown as a case in point, you’ll also have the chance to think about how technology can help to foster digital connections when physical closeness isn’t possible!What’s the problem with fake news online?Technology today means information can be instantly shared around the world at the click of a button.Using COVID-19 as a case study, you’ll learn about the impact of online misinformation on our society.You’ll consider how tech can instead be used to create fact-based online communities and in turn improve human interaction online.Tackle social isolation with technologyThe final step of this course invites you to innovate and create a product, service, or app that will help end isolation. You’ll be encouraged to think critically and thoughtfully about how technology might solve social isolation in the future.You’ll also learn tips and tools that will help you to prepare your idea for entry into Samsung’s tech for good competition, Solve for Tomorrow, that’s open to all 18 to 25-year-olds in the UK.This course is primarily designed for 18 to 25-year-olds interested in how technology can be used to put a stop to social isolation.This course draws on teachings and conversation with Matteo Bergamini, Jag Minhas, Lady Leshurr, Liv Little, and Rachel Monteagudo, who are all passionate about building human connections using technology.You’ll be encouraged to engage with the course experts on every step of the course and discuss as you learn with your fellow learners taking the course around the world.