A Self-Paced Course (Version 0.93)

Understanding Globalization is a Mini-Course, designed for people in business or government, teachers, and students. It uses small, easily comprehended modules that are designed to fit into your workday schedule. The course is delivered through Moodle, a learning management system used all over the world. The course is fully modular and can be modified by other instructors for use in college courses or corporate environments (for example, by adding or deleting modules or including specific corporate-related links in each module). Great for Work Force Certification! Space for instructors to build other versions of the course, each with password protected access, can be supplied by MindTools.net.

NOTE: This site is under construction. Please send notice of any problems to webmaster@mindtools.net.

Modules involve exercises, questions, projects, data gathering, chart making, research, readings, and links to other sites. Modules take only 5-15 minutes to complete. Most modules have 2-3 exercises (over 110 exercises in all). Try 1 or 2 modules per day and in a few weeks you will know more about Globalization than the vast majority of people -- and even more than most people in the business world or in the educational system!

Course Facilitator: Anthony Birch, Ph.D., MCSE

How do I view the course?

1. Go to mindtools.net/moodle. Then click on the link (left side of screen) for Understanding Globalization: Introduction or for Understanding Globalization: Complete Course.

2. Click the link on the next screen for Login as a guest.

3. Click on the various modules to see the course content.

How do I participate in the course?

Just march through the course, reading, responding to easy questions, and posting your questions and comments. For Course G101,you should:

1. POST at least TWO comments or questions. NOTE: Posting is optional, but is preferred. In order to post, you do have go back to the Moodle login screen, and follow the instructions for a New Account. This will give you an I.D. for Moodle. Your e-mail address is not sold or distributed and is used only within Moodle.

2. RESPOND to at least TWO comments or questions.

3. Take the Quiz at end of the module and score at least 70%. You can take the Quiz as often as you like and opt to send the results to webmaster@mindtools.net when your score over 70%.

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Theoretical and Actual Paths of Cultures/Nations reacting to Westernization and Modernization. Source: Based on a graph by Samuel Huntington, in The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of the World Order, Simon and Schuster, 1996, p.75. See Recommended Books in MindTools Store for Amazon Link to book.