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Series Orientation: Transforming Education (Coursera)

Offered by University of Michigan,

Series Orientation welcomes learners to the Transforming Education series, introduces Self-Directed/Community-Supported Learning as our core instructional design, and positions learners for success as aspiring change agents.

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Understand the foundations of the Transforming Education series and feel excited to begin their learning journeys.

Syllabus

Welcome!

Welcome to the Series Orientation for Transforming Education in an Interconnected World! The Transforming Education series will support you in developing the knowledge, skills, identity, and relationships that you need to advance new ambitions for educational access, quality, and equity in your local education context, in colleagueship with local change agents and leading researchers from around the world. Please continue for a personal welcome to the University of Michigan from Prof. Donald Peurach, lead designer of the Transforming Education series, after which we begin the formal orientation program.

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