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Established in 1636, Harvard is the oldest institution of higher education in the United States. The University, which is based in Cambridge and Boston, Massachusetts, has an enrollment of over 20,000 degree candidates, including undergraduate, graduate, and professional students. Harvard has more than 360,000 alumni around the world.

Course: Leaders of Learning

Explore and understand your own theories of learning and leadership. Gain the tools to imagine and build the future of learning.

Self-Paced

About this course

All of us carry explicit or implicit theories of learning. They manifest themselves in the ways we learn, the ways we teach, and the ways we think about leadership and learning.In Leaders of Learning, you will identify and develop your personal theory of learning, and explore how it fits into the shifting landscape of learning. This isn’t just about schools, it’s about the broader and bigger world of learning.The education sector is undergoing great transformation, and in the coming decades will continue to change. How we learn, what we learn, where we learn, and why we learn; all these questions will be reexamined. In Leaders of Learning, we will explore learning, leadership, organizational structure, and physical design.

What you'll learn

• How to define your personal theory of learning
• What leadership looks like in different learning environments
• How an organization's structure reflects its theories of learning
• How physical and digital design shape learning
• How neuroscience will affect the future of learning

Length: 6 weeks

Effort: 2-4 hours per week

Price: FREE

Institution: HarvardX

Subject: Education & Teacher Training

Level: Introductory

Languages: English

Video Transcripts: English, Español

Prerequisites: None

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