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Introduction to course Questions and answers


In this forum section you can ask questions about the module structure, certificate, and all other issues*. 

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Week 1: Risk: naming and framing Discussion forum: What is risk?

Here you are welcome to place your examples, express ideas, and discuss about the topic.

Please discuss the concept of RISK.  How would you define it? Is it always negative? Why people take risks voluntary?  

We asked KTU students: What is risk? Take a look at their answers:

 


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Discussion forum: What are the highest risks?

In this forum, we would like you to discuss, in your opinion, what are the highest risks today:

- to your country

- to the world 

We asked this question also our students at Kaunas university of Technology. 

Watch what they've told us:

 

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Week 2: Know your cases Discussion forum: Know your cases

In this forum section you can discuss the issues of knowing your cases, share examples, spread your ideas and more.

Do not hesitate and be active.

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Week 3: Know your audience Discussion forum: What kind of audience are you?

Think about 4 types of audiences that were discussed this week (active, aware, latent and apathetic), based on the level of problem recognition, personal involvement and constraint recognition. Reflect about your perceptions and opinion in case of :

- nuclear power industry

- genetically modified ...

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Week 7: Use social media Practical Assignment, Part 1: Discussion Forum "Social media for risk communication - to use or not to use?"


This discussion should focus on the question as follows: What kind of advantages and disadvantages do you see in using social media for risk communication? The practical assignment consists of expressing your views and providing at least one example of the case (e.g. print screen of webpage, ...

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Practical Assignment, Part 2: Discussion Forum (based on Video 2)

Please watch Video 2. And now let’s discuss benefits and challenges of Twitter-based risk communication of the 2009 Swine Flu Pandemic. The practical assignment consists of providing at least one benefit and at least one challenge based on the information you get from Video 2.

This discussion is ...

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