This online programme is meant to assist you before, during and after your volunteering journey.
What’s more, once you have completed this course, you will be able to get the most out of your volunteership. But more about that later.
We endeavour to do all we can to make this learning experience as enjoyable, engaging and productive for you as possible. We want you to succeed, not just in this course, but going forward on your academic and professional path!
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Orientation Module
This module offers you the opportunity to explore the Volunteer World and CGCS VLE, programme structure and activity types including the chat and engage function, as well as to explore the assessment methods and expectations by means of a mock assignment
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Module 1 - Preparing for an International Volunteering Placement
The goal of the module is to introduce you to the notion of culture and for you to understand your responsibilities as a volunteer.
- Introduction – Module 1 Copy
- 1.1 Culture in the country of the international volunteering placement Copy
- 1.2 The responsibility of the volunteer Copy
- 1.3 Placement challenges Copy
- 1.4 Planning, delivering, and evaluating activities Copy
- 1.5 Reflecting on learning Copy
- Glossary and Bibliography – Module 1 Copy
- Module 1 Quiz Copy
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Module Two - Reviewing and Reflecting on your Selection as an International Volunteer
The goal of the module is to discuss the characteristics needed to be a successful volunteer. The module also helps you review and reflect on your volunteering placement.
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Module Three - Fundraising to Support an International Volunteering Placement
The goal of the module is to develop your fundraising skills, if and when the need arises.
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Instructor
Your programme coordinator is available to answer your questions Mondays to Thursdays from 8:00 to 19:00 and Fridays from 8:00 to 17:00. Jared is an experienced educator, traveller and regards himself as a global citizen. Jared grew up and was educated in South Africa and has worked as an English teacher in Malaysia and the USA, a dive-master in Malaysia and Thailand and has volunteered on several projects in South Africa. Currently, Jared lectures at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology in Cape Town. He is also experienced in writing and designing online education courses for universities around the world. He is one of the co-founders of The Centre for Global Citizenship Studies.
