‘21st Century Learning Design’ free course now available on the Microsoft Educator Community

21st Century Learning Design (21CLD) for Educators is a collection of 8 courses with 4-6 lessons in each course. This learning path provides teachers with clear and practical ways to develop 21st skills using digital technologies with their students. Through a collection of Office Mix Lessons, 21st Century Learning Design for Educators builds on the research methodology providing a collaborative, practice-based process to help educators transform how they design enriching learning activities for their students. The complete series of 8 courses consists of 20 hours of Office Mix Lessons, video and self-assessment materials. Educators have the opportunity to actively participate in the course by sharing their materials and by engaging in ongoing discussion as part of a community of learners.

Course Objectives

To frame and answer the following questions:

• How do you know that your students are developing 21st century skills?
• How to use student work to find evidence of the 21st century skills?
• What is the impact on classroom practice?
• What do teachers think? (teacher testimonials)
• What do teachers think? (student voice)

This a great course that is meaningful and important for all educators. In it you’ll notice a phenomenal example of how Office Mix can be leveraged for the creation of online and flipped content. To access this course go to: https://education.microsoft.com/LearningPath/21CLD You will need to be signed in.

 Options:

• 21st century learning design: Course 1 - introducing 21CLD
• 21st century learning design: Course 2 - collaboration
• 21st century learning design: Course 3 - skilled communication
• 21st century learning design: Course 4 - knowledge construction
• 21st century learning design: Course 5 – self-regulation
• 21st century learning design: Course 6 – real-world problem-solving and innovation
• 21st century learning design: Course 7 - use of ICT for learning

This is followed by an online assessment available from the course page:

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