Janux, a new interactive learning community created in partnership between The University of Oklahoma and technology leader NextThought, connects learners and teachers through high-quality OU courses. Janux is the first of its kind in OpenCourseWare, combining multimedia-rich content with interactive social tools and a broader learning community to create an unparalleled learning environment.
Civil Rights and Civil Liberties is a free course that is open to the public taught by former Freedom 101 speaker, Justin Wert.
This free and open course examines Supreme Court decisions concerning the development of the 1st, 4th, 5th, 6th, 8th, and 14th Amendments to the United States Constitution. Learners will look specifically at establishment and free exercise; free speech, including obscene speech; 4th Amendment guarantees against unreasonable searches and seizures; the 5th Amendment right against self-incrimination; 8th Amendment prohibitions against cruel and usual punishment; as well as related cases that have recognized rights of historically marginalized groups in United States history, including African-Americans, women, and sexual minorities through these Amendments. Particular attention will be paid to how the Supreme Court has developed arguments which have expanded and contracted “rights” and “liberties.”
Check it out here: janux.ou.edu
