online learning
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April 20, 2022
Academic Innovation, Coursera to team up for 10 XR-enhanced courses
U-M’s Center for Academic Innovation and the online learning platform Coursera are partnering on 10 new courses enhanced by extended reality technologies.
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March 10, 2022
Free teach-out covers aspects of Russia-Ukraine conflict
A new U-M online event aims to create a dialogue about the history, the consequences and the need for de-escalation of the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
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April 10, 2021
Teach-out delves into political extremism, conspiracy theories
Online radicalism, political polarization, conspiracy theories and disinformation, and the political response to growing extremism are covered in a new U-M teach-out.
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February 9, 2021
Online learners hungry to find purpose, meaning in life
The COVID-19 pandemic has seen MOOC platforms and educational institutions report increased interest, but U-M’s Vic Strecher was not quite expecting 100,000 enrollments in eight months for his “Finding Purpose and Meaning in Life: Living for What Matters Most.”
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October 23, 2020
Short, online learning opportunities focus on election
The Center for Academic Innovation is offering three teach-outs focused on issues facing voters. They offer short, self-paced learning opportunities on current topics on the Coursera platform.
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July 14, 2020
Federal government rescinds new international student restrictions
The Trump administration has rescinded a rule that would have required international students across the United States to take in-person classes this fall or face possible deportation.
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July 7, 2020
U-M statement from July 7 on Homeland Security policy
University leaders are expressing their “strong disagreement” with a temporary U.S. Department of Homeland Security policy restricting educational opportunities for international students.
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June 19, 2020
U-M students have free access to entire Coursera catalog
U-M students on all three campuses have free access for a limited time to more than 4,000 learning experiences from top universities and industries through the new Coursera for Campus initiative.
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May 7, 2020
Center for Academic Innovation encourages sharing remote-teaching resources
The Center for Academic Innovation has created a new website that encourages faculty, staff and graduate students to share information that will help them teach remotely in the immediate future.
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March 23, 2020
The campus and COVID-19
A roundup of U-M news related to COVID-19.
