Community Development 101

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15

Lessons
16

Exams &
Assignments
635

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8

Hours
average time
0.8

CEUs

Course Description

There is almost a natural desire that people have towards improvement. They want to make themselves better, they want their lives to be better, and they want their communities to be better. Whatever ideal they have for any facet of their lives is going to influence the actions that they take to try and make it a reality. However, there are significant factors involved that can cause them to succeed or fail in equal measure. In many cases, they simply do not know how to make things better for themselves and others in a way that will actually work.

For many who want to make improvements to their surroundings, for whatever reason, the best way to do it is through community development. Primarily used as a means of reducing poverty in society for decades, community development is a process where problems that are impeding the lives of community members can be addressed and solutions found. It's used across the world in communities of all shapes and sizes to treat problems of equal variety. There are virtually no limits to its usage, and community leaders can implement and guide the process on their own with the assistance of community members.

This course is designed to address the community development process in full and to act as a resource for those who want to use it to better themselves. Some of the topics up for discussion will include the history and future of community development, the strategies that communities can use, and what factors impact the process. All of the information in this course can be applied in more ways than one to improve your community. Take the initiative today!

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Course Lessons

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Lesson One - What is Community Development?

This lesson will explore the basics of community development that eventually will tie into the rest of the course. 50 Total Points

Review Video: What is COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT? What does COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT mean?
Take Survey: Reasons for Taking this Course
Complete: Quiz 1

Lesson Two - America's History of Community Development

This lesson will address the long and varied history of community development. It will focus on the process' history in the United States rather than its lifetime around the globe. 50 Total Points

Review Article: The Past, Present, and Future of Community Development in the United States
Review Video: Community Development Story
Complete: Quiz 2

Lesson Three - The Key Principles of Community Development

This lesson will look at those key principles that feed into the structural design of community development. 50 Total Points

Review Article: Values and Principles of Community Development
Review Video: Empowering Lives through Community Development
Complete: Quiz 3

Lesson Four - The Role of Community-Based Organizations

This lesson will explore community-based organizations and what they can do for those going through the community development process. 50 Total Points

Review 2 Articles: CBO Organizations; Organization Types and Subtypes
Complete: Quiz 4

Lesson Five - The Value for Community Members

This lesson will explore some of the major ways that community development can be of value and be beneficial for community members. 50 Total Points

Review 2 Articles: Transformative Community Planning: Empowerment Through Community Development; Sound Community Planning Process Based on Six Steps
Complete: Quiz 5

Lesson Six - The Community Development Process

This lesson will look at the community development process and the basic steps that a community should consider. 50 Total Points

Review Video: Session 7 Community Development Process
Complete: Quiz 6

Lesson Seven - Strategic Factors of Community Development

This lesson will further explore the strategic factors of community development and what they can do. 50 Total Points

Review 2 Articles: Strategic Factors for Building Community: The Five Cs Article; In Print: Strategic Factors for Building Community
Complete: Quiz 7

Lesson Eight - Community Development and Crime

This lesson will further explore the relationship between community development and crime. 50 Total Points

Review 2 Articles: Crime and Community Development; The Role of Government: Promoting Development or Getting Out of the Way
Complete: Quiz 8

Lesson Nine - Government and Community Development

This lesson will explore the role that government plays in community development and the circumstances that prompt its involvement. 50 Total Points

Review 2 Articles: HUD.GOV; The Importance of Public Administration in Community Development Scholarship and Practice
Complete: Quiz 9

Lesson Ten - Community Development Approaches

This lesson will explore some of the standard community development approaches that are used today. 50 Total Points

Review 3 Articles: Community Development Approaches; Community Development Evaluation Research; Resources of Community Development
Complete: Quiz 10

Lesson Eleven - Disasters and Community Development

This lesson will explore the relationship between disasters and community development. 45 Total Points

Review 3 Articles: Community Development after Disaster Strikes; How to step up in the face of disaster; Why Community Engagement Matters
Complete: Quiz 11

Lesson Twelve - Engagement and Community Development

This lesson will look at the role that the members of the community have in community development. 50 Total Points

Review 2 Articles: What is community engagement, exactly?; Types of community engagement
Complete: Quiz 12

Lesson Thirteen - Sustainability and Community Development

This lesson will look at sustainability and what it can mean for communities when it is instigated through the community development process. 50 Total Points

Review 2 Articles: What is Sustainable Community Development?; American Public Garden Association: Sustainable Community Development
Review 2 Videos: Sustainable community development: from what's wrong to what's strong | Cormac Russell | TEDxExeter; Sustainable community development in the digital age:
Complete: Quiz 13

Lesson Fourteen - Community Development Corporations (CDCs)

This lesson will discuss CDCs and their relation to community development. 45 Total Points

Review Article: Why Start a Community Development Corporation
Complete: Quiz 14

Lesson Fifteen - The Future of Community Development

This final lesson will look at the future of community development and what it may hold. 395 Total Points

Take Poll: End of Course Poll
Take Survey: Course Comments
Take Survey: Program Evaluation Follow-up Survey (End of Course)
Complete: Quiz 15
Complete: The Final Exam

1085

Total Course Points

Learning Outcomes

By successfully completing this course, students will be able to:

Describe what community development is and why it's important.
Describe america's history of community development.
Define the key principles of community development.
Describe the role of community-based organizations.
Determine the community development process.
Summarize the strategic factors of community development.
Describe the government role and community development.
Describe engagement and community development.
Summarize sustainability and community development, and
Demonstrate mastery of lesson content at levels of 70% or higher.

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