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After nearly 28 years, The Communication Initiative (The CI) Global is entering a new chapter. Following a period of transition, the global website has been transferred to the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) in South Africa, where it will be administered by the Social and Behaviour Change Communication Division. Wits' commitment to social change and justice makes it a trusted steward for The CI's legacy and future.
 
Co-founder Victoria Martin is pleased to see this work continue under Wits' leadership. Victoria knows that co-founder Warren Feek (1953–2024) would have felt deep pride in The CI Global's Africa-led direction.
 
We honour the team and partners who sustained The CI for decades. Meanwhile, La Iniciativa de Comunicación (CILA) continues independently at cila.comminitcila.com and is linked with The CI Global site.
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Study about entertainment-education

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Dr. Amy Henderson Riley (Thomas Jefferson University) and Dr. Joyee Chatterjee (Asian Institute of Technology) are conducting a research study about entertainment-education (EE) pedagogy. The study aims to understand how EE is currently taught in educational institutions around the world. The first phase seeks to create and examine a repository of syllabi from global post-secondary education courses (undergraduate or graduate; in-person or online; public health, communication, or other schools, etc.) where EE is included in the didactic content of the course. This can be for a course that is fully devoted to EE (i.e., a seminar-style course) or a course where EE is taught in one week or one lecture (e.g., an MPH health communication course or a communication course on persuasion).   

 

If you have a course that meets the inclusion criteria for this study, and you are interested in participating, please share a PDF, Word, or other electronic file of any course you have taught in the last 10 years (delivered in person or online since 2011) that covers entertainment-education. If you have taught a course over many years, the researchers kindly request the most recent version used in your class.

Please send your syllabi and any questions to Dr. Riley at amy.riley@jefferson.edu by June 30, 2021.

The study will maintain confidentiality and the syllabus/information will only be used for the purpose of our research paper, looking at themes and patterns at the aggregate. 

Thank you in advance for your interest and participation.