Life After COVID-19 Get Ready for our Post-Pandemic Future
The pandemic will create long-lasting and surprising ripple effects, even after vaccines are widely available. Are you ready for what’s next?This course will give you a clear forecast of the challenges and opportunities you’re most likely to encounter over the next 3-5 years, as a direct result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
- Find out what risks still lie ahead
- Make a plan for resilience
- Play future forecasting games to stretch your imagination about what’s possible
- Build your post-pandemic confidence
- Envision the world you want to live in when we’re all finally on the other side of COVID-19. How can you take advantage of this unprecedented moment of disruption to make positive change in your community, company or other organization?
By completing this course, you’ll be better understand the “future shock” we’ve all just lived through together. You’ll be able to identify the 7 pre-existing conditions of society that made the pandemic more severe and harder to recover from – from economic inequality and racial injustice to fragile public trust and the climate emergency. Looking ahead, you’ll explore the most surprising and exciting solutions that are being proposed to help our communities heal from these pre-existing conditions.
COVID-19 is a roller-coaster ride we will all be on for years to come. With the skills you build in this class, such as learning to spot the four patterns of change that occur during any period of crisis or major disruption, you will be better able to see the ups and downs coming before you get there. And you’ll feel more in control of what happens next, as you learn to use the Institute for the Future’s post-pandemic Toolkit for Transformation.
By the end of this course, you’ll be more knowledgeable and better qualified to help yourself, or your company or other organization, navigate the rest of the pandemic and find success on our long road to recovery and reinvention.
This courses is taught by Institute for the Future Research Director Jane McGonigal, PhD.
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Syllabus
Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Week 1
Welcome to our Post-Pandemic Future
Week 2
Make a Plan for Resilience
Week 3
Learn the Habits of Professional Futurists
Week 4
Final Project: Choose your Action for Post-Pandemic Transformation
FAQ
When will I have access to the lectures and assignments?
Access to lectures and assignments depends on your type of enrollment. If you take a course in audit mode, you will be able to see most course materials for free. To access graded assignments and to earn a Certificate, you will need to purchase the Certificate experience, during or after your audit. If you don't see the audit option:
What will I get if I purchase the Certificate?
When you purchase a Certificate you get access to all course materials, including graded assignments. Upon completing the course, your electronic Certificate will be added to your Accomplishments page - from there, you can print your Certificate or add it to your LinkedIn profile. If you only want to read and view the course content, you can audit the course for free.
Is financial aid available?
Yes. In select learning programs, you can apply for financial aid or a scholarship if you can’t afford the enrollment fee. If fin aid or scholarship is available for your learning program selection, you’ll find a link to apply on the description page.
Reviews
This was such an amazing course! Thank you, Jane for excellent content! I learned so much!
Learned so much taking this course. Gave me food for thought and lots of information to share with my colleges.
The course was very fantastic and by enrolling in the course I came to get a good knowledge about COVID-19 and life after COVID-19.
