Sandy Rosenthal unveils historic plaque at breach site of 17th Street Canal on August 26, 2010.
Updated 13 September, 2014 @ 17:00:31
This coming semester, Tulane University will offer a mini-course featuring Sandy Rosenthal and how she started and built the influential grassroots group, Levees.org.
The mini-course will be offered as part of a MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) developed by Dr. Charles Figley, Director of the Tulane Traumatology Institute.
MOOCs are a surging new trend in higher education because they allow virtually unlimited enrollment worldwide.
Traditional online courses charge tuition and limit the enrollment to a few dozen students to ensure interaction with instructors. MOOCs, on the other hand, are free and anyone with an Internet connection can enroll.
Without faculty being present, the way the course is designed, how material is presented and the interactivity (hyperlinks to videos and other media) becomes very important.
The MOOC technology allows free education from the world’s elite universities.
Levees.org’s mini-course will be part of the upcoming MOOC 1000: Trauma! course and is scheduled to debut on Oct. 6.
Rosenthal founded Levees.org because she was driven to lead a team that would show that–in New Orleans–the disaster called “Katrina” was, in fact, the worst civil engineering disaster on U.S. soil.
Dr. Figley is Kurzweg Chair in Disaster Mental Health and Professor in the School of Social Work at Tulane University.
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I went to the link and did not see where one registers for this course. I am a native of New Orleans who has lived around the country for the last 30 years and since Katrina, I have yearned to move back and assist with initiatives like this one, which is immensely important!
Could you direct me to where one registers?
Dear Ms. LaPlace, it’s my understanding that Tulane will not offer this course until October 6, 2014. It is likely too early to register. Thank you for inquiring!
Sandy Rosenthal