<div dir="ltr"><div>Thanks Benji for the sharing.<br></div>Regards<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 4:00 PM, Sam Lanfranco <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lanfran@yorku.ca" target="_blank">lanfran@yorku.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><br><br><br>-------- Original message --------<br>Subject: [istr-list] Free course on Citizen Engagement offered by World Bank<br>From: Margery Daniels <<a href="mailto:ISTR@jhu.edu" target="_blank">ISTR@jhu.edu</a>><br>To: "'<a href="mailto:istr-list@lists.johnshopkins.edu" target="_blank">istr-list@lists.johnshopkins.edu</a>'" <<a href="mailto:istr-list@lists.johnshopkins.edu" target="_blank">istr-list@lists.johnshopkins.edu</a>><br>CC: <br><br><br>
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new, free course being offered by the World Bank Group on the subject of Citizen Engagement.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><br></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">The 4-week Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), hosted by Coursera—the world’s leading MOOC platform—has been developed in partnership with the London School of Economics
 (LSE), the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), Participedia and CIVICUS. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">The course is taught by a number of th experts in this field, including Beth Noveck, John Gaventa, Rakesh Rajani, Danny Sriskandarajah and Jonathan Fox, and launches on
<b>March 15</b>.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">We invite you to register for the course and join the conversation:
</span><a href="https://bit.ly/citizensengage" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">bit.ly/citizensengage</span></b></a><span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;text-decoration:none">
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">We also encourage you to
<b>spread the word</b> to your organization and networks. If you have any questions, or would like additional materials, please don’t hesitate to contact me at
<a href="mailto:bholzman@worldbank.org" target="_blank">bholzman@worldbank.org</a>.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Thank you very much, and we look forward to your participation!<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Sincerely,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Benji Holzman<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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