Homa Hoodfar. Massive Open Online Course.
Concordia in the news
Posted on August 17, 2016
University affairs
Various issues concerning Concordia University are often reported on by news outlets. Here is the most recent coverage pertaining to the institution:
- The arrest in Iran of Homa Hoodfar, among several other dual nationals, is referenced in many news media reports, worldwide, on the recent arrest of an unidentified Briton on suspicion of spying: Daily Mail (UK), The Financial Times, The Times of Israel, Gulf News, Kuwait Times, Boston Herald, Chicago Daily Herald, Voice of America, The Northern View, Ad Hoc News, Mining Gazette, Olney Daily Mail, Chronicle Journal, Boundary Creek Times, Brant News, Bastrop Daily Enterprise, The Western Star, Mcpherson Sentinel, Southwest Daily News, The State Journal-Register, Lancaster Online, Tolerance.ca and dozens of others. Hoodfar is mentioned also in a report from theInternational Campaign for Human Rights in Iran about the indictment in Tehran of American Iranian Robin Shahini.
- Academica announces Concordia's first Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), Wicked problems, dynamic solutions and a new global classroom. It is an interdisciplinary course open to all, being offered this fall in partnership with the United Nations.