5 credits

Professionals in all areas of education, such as teaching, workforce training, and policy making, must be cognizant of the knowledge and skills required to adapt to 21st-century-specific change. In this course, education professionals explore the proficiencies essential to navigating the 21st-century learning landscape to position themselves for professional flexibility and success. They examine how the nature of knowledge, literacy, and learning is changing as a result of new technology. Education professionals gain a practical understanding of ways to learn and function effectively in this new, evolving environment through investigations and discussions on emerging research on learning.