#KeepLearning News Archive
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Winnipeg Free Press: U of M program puts media literacy in spotlight
March 29, 2023 —
“In one way or another, everybody consumes media. Therefore, I think it’s important everybody understands how to read it." - Cecil Rosner
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Preparing for the future with micro-certificates
December 13, 2022 —
“Micro-credentials like these micro-certificates can play an important role, complement a degree, be stand-alone and provide employers with what they are looking for.” – Rod Lastra
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Pondering the future of AI and Machine Learning
November 29, 2022 —
“We want our grads to be both skilled and critically reflective.” - Kari Kumar
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Imagine what AI and Machine Learning can do for you
May 17, 2022 —
“I see it as an important new kind of literacy. If you don’t understand AI and Machine Learning, others have an advantage over you. You don’t need to program but you need to understand.” - Cunyet Akcora
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Grads look forward to attending in-person convocation
April 26, 2022 —
“I am so excited. For me, this is a brand-new start. Previously I had bachelor and masters degrees. I didn’t need a degree program. I was looking for a certificate.” - Chunbo Liu, Applied Business Analysis grad
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Building Information Modeling is a process not a software
September 14, 2021 —
“BIM is not a software. It is a process. We need to upskill humans in the management of this process. They can’t simply rely on technology. It changes.” - David Thompson
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Let’s talk lifelong learning
September 1, 2021 —
“If you have completed a degree and are wondering what comes next, we can help you." - Rod Lastra
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Helping you to adapt and succeed in a post-pandemic world
August 16, 2021 —
In the future, in addition to our variety of programs and courses, there will also be micro-credentials complete with what makes them unique the digital documenting of skills and competencies learned.
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University of Manitoba joins D2L Wave as an education partner
August 10, 2021 —
“We know how powerful lifelong learning can be to help people take positive steps forward in life and work... We’re so proud to partner with D2L to make professional development opportunities more accessible and seamless.” - David Mandzuk
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Looking at micro-credentials and alternative digital credentials
June 28, 2021 —
“It’s the documenting (of competencies) that’s new.” - Julia Denholm, Dean of Lifelong Learning at Simon Fraser University