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Extended Education

On creating equitable and lifelong learning

September 24, 2024 — 
"Extended Education has provided a flexible education system that was suitable for my stage and is suitable for all stages in life.” - Ogadimma Onyike

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Extended Education

Creating an inclusive culture for lifelong learning

September 3, 2024 — 
“Everyone has the right to education, no matter who they are and where they come from. We must create inclusive education and learning where everybody feels welcome. Fully implementing equity, diversity, inclusion and accessibility (EDIA) principles is crucial to the futures of education, or we will miss people and possibilities.” - Ute Kothe

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Extended Education

CBC Manitoba: How to cut through the noise of conspiracy

August 19, 2024 — 
How to cut through the noise of conspiracy

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Extended Education

Get ready to live your best life with lifelong learning

August 12, 2024 — 
“It’s in our hands to choose what is best for us, to seek out what we find interesting and fulfilling. We can be proactive and make choices, taking ownership of our lives and careers, choosing what we would like to learn and where we would like to go, so we can live as well as possible.” - Ute Kothe

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Extended Education

Connecting and reflecting to make our world a better place

July 29, 2024 — 
“As an educator and a parent, I remind others that not everyone experiences the world like you do. See what you can do to create change.” - Stephanie Chesser

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Extended Education

From one course to a micro-certificate

June 20, 2024 — 
“We can all do and learn more. Whether you are an expert or just beginning your journey with EDIA, you have a place in this program.” - Robin Attas

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Extended Education

Extended Education celebrates June 2024 graduates

June 17, 2024 — 
“I am excited to learn how different cultures can come together to achieve the common good.” - Rokeep Olanrewaju

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Extended Education

AI webinar series wraps up

April 13, 2024 — 
“This session, focusing on how higher education can revolutionize teaching and learning with performative generative AI, promises to be a reflective overview of the past year as well as a visionary forecast of future possibilities." - Rod Lastra

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Mike Sharples webinar 2024

Extended Education

AI can support good learning, help to develop exceptional students

March 5, 2024 — 
“AI can do our mundane tasks like lesson planning. It can be an aide to creativity, brainstorming and design. But it is not a proxy for human intelligence. It does not have human experience. It has not seen a sunset or smelled freshly mown grass.” - Mike Sharples

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Extended Education

AI scales up personalized tutoring, shows promise for the future

February 20, 2024 — 
“Recently, my daughter created a story with an AI prompt. She wanted to talk to the protagonist, so AI took on the persona. My daughter advised the character, a fictional AI simulation. It was mind blowing. This is the future. It is just the surface of what is possible.” - Sal Khan

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