For the past year we have been working closely with our partners in New Zealand at the Aotearoa Community Development Association to establish an on line repository of community development teaching and learning resources. The Global Community Development Exchange is a place where community development teachers, practitioners and learners can share their teaching and learning approaches, tools and resources. IACD members can register for GCDEX here https://globalcommunitydevelopmentexchange.org/about/join-the-exchange/
GCDEX is the initiative of IACD Training and Professional Development chair John Stansfield, who with colleagues at Unitec in New Zealand have designed this way for CD educators to be able to share courses and course materials online. The GCDEX was designed and developed by Katie Hay and tested by CD volunteers from IACD and ACDA.
GCDEX is free to all IACD members and we very much hope that whatever your job, you will deposit and share your resources to enable John and his team to build up the largest repository of CD teaching and learning resources in the world.
The Vault
Resources
Videos, Books, and links to relevant web content. Filed under “Resources” is a collection of material that will aim to help educate and inform others on the many different aspects of community development.
Courses
From beginner to expert, filed under “Courses” are different kinds of classes, quizzes, or tutorials uploaded by community development practitioners to help teach others and spread awareness.
Opportunities
Filed under “Opportunities” is a collection of information about Internships to Seminars. In the hopes of connecting CD practitioners to each other, students to teachers, researchers to publishers.
In a step by step guide we illustrate how to categorize your post.
| CATEGORIES | WHAT TO FILE UNDER THIS HEADING: |
|---|---|
| Resources: | Videos, Books, and links to relevant web content. Filed under “Resources” is a collection of material that will aim to help educate and inform others on the many different aspects of community development. |
| – Books |
Links to where to source, read, or buy books or other written material related to various different community development topics. |
| – Videos |
Multimedia content on youtube or another video sharing platform. Interviews, awareness campaigns, or educational videos.
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| – Web links | External links to other relevant web pages, biographies, reports, or independently published content on the web. |
| Courses: | From beginner to expert, filed under “Courses” are different kinds of classes, quizzes, or tutorials uploaded by community development practitioners to help teach others and spread awareness. |
| – Beginner |
This section is for all those new to the topics surrounding community development. Entry level courses to help those unfamiliar develop a basic understanding of the world around them and help build the foundations for further study and awareness. |
| – Intermediate |
For those who already hold a basic understanding and wish to develop their knowledge further. Courses that present a more in depth understanding of topics and issues and challenge thinking to a high level. |
| – Expert | Expert courses provide the opportunity for highly skilled community development practitioners to keep themselves educated about the consistently changing world around us and the growth and development in their field of study. |
| Opportunities: |
Filed under “Opportunities” is a collection of information about Internships to Seminars. In the hopes of connecting CD practitioners to each other, students to teachers, researchers to publishers. |
| – Employment Opportunities |
Different types of employment opportunities across the community development sector. Both full time and part time employment spreading across the globe. |
| – Upcoming Events | Upcoming Events in your local area or around the world. Keep up to date with the goings-on in the community. |
| – Internship Opportunities |
Opportunities to get your hands dirty and get stuck in with all the great organizations and campaigns hard at work all across the globe. |
| – Mentoring Opportunities | Education is key. Find out about the mentoring opportunities in your backyard or abroad. |
| – Online Opportunities | Various different opportunities to get involved with via the world wide web. |
| – Upcoming Seminars |
Upcoming Seminars in your local area or around the world. Spread awareness and connect with the community. |
| – Volunteer Opportunities |
Volunteering opportunities across the community development sector. Both full time and part time employment spreading across the globe. |
Choosing Topics and why them are just as important as Categories.
| TOPICS | WHAT TO FILE UNDER THIS HEADING: |
|---|---|
| Advocacy | Any content which advocates social, political, or economical systems or discusses the work of others on the matter. |
| Enterprise | Projects or activities that involves many people and that is often very complex. |
| Food Security |
Content which discusses or brings awareness to having reliable access to a sufficient quantity of affordable, nutritious food.
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| Gender | Any content related to gender based issues and gender bias problems. |
| Globalization | Content which discusses and brings awareness to the process by which businesses or other organizations develop international influence or start operating on an international scale. |
| Governance | Content which tackles the strategic issues, rather than the operational day-to-day running of businesses. |
| Government | Content which discuss or argue Government plans, issues, and procedures and what is means for CD. |
| Homeless | Surrounding the issue of homelessness, raising awareness, prevention and solutions. |
| Housing | Housing issues, such as development, or lack of. State housing or the the need for healthy homes. |
| Human Rights | Content relating to the UN’s universal declaration of Human Rights, discuss and arguing relevant issues and successes. |
| Indigenous | Material about and for Indigenous people and cultures. Relevant to their specific issues and development. |
| International | Internationally relevant community development content, across the globe. |
| LGBTI+ | Material specific to the LGBTI+ community. Education, awareness, opportunities, and aid. |
| Local Government | Content which discuss or argue Local Government plans, issues, and procedures and what is means for CD. |
| Migration | Content relevant to migration, availability, and procedures for migrants and countries. |
| Organization | Content specific to Community Development organizations and their works and efforts. |
| Policy | Content that discusses, argues, or advocates policies and their outcomes. |
| Poverty | Issues and solutions surrounding poverty and implications and background. |
| Racism | Content surrounding racism, and race related issues. Prevention, awareness, and implications. |
| Refugee | Content relevant to the refugee crisis. Possible solutions, implications, relevant CD involvement. |
| Sustainability | Content surrounding the quality of not being harmful to the environment or depleting natural resources,and thereby supporting long-term ecological balance |
