Continuous Learning takes flight at Â鶹´«Ã½ University
Learning. University environment. Any time, any age, any place. Welcome to Continuous Learning at Â鶹´«Ã½ University.
In a rapidly changing economy, the demand for flexible and accessible education, particularly non-traditional educational models, is soaring. The forces of disruptive technologies combined with employers’ demands for a highly skilled workforce requires Â鶹´«Ã½ to evaluate the variety of educational opportunities it offers to all potential students—wherever they may be in their personal academic journey.
Continuous Learning at Â鶹´«Ã½ centralizes the university’s external-facing, not-for-credit programming, including:
- Corporate and customized programs
- Camps for kids and teens
- Short courses/certificate programs within all faculties
… with more to come!
Continuous Learning supports the administrative functions of producing, executing and maintaining these programs for the community, corporations, university partners and beyond.
Continuous Learning will launch publicly this fall under the university’s strengthened and unified brand.
Back row: Janis George, Michelle Aarons, Dan Bullock and Deborah Treftlin.
Front row: Susan Martin and Lydia Stewart-Goodison.
Absent: Catherine Drea.
Why call it ‘Continuous Learning’?
Â鶹´«Ã½’s Continuous Learning is different from traditional ‘Continued Studies’ or ‘Lifelong Learning’ units at other universities. We are challenging the stereotype of what a ‘typical student’ means, and modernizing the look and feel of university programs.
- ‘Continuous’: The continuum of learning has no beginning or end. As a synonym for ‘progressive’, it positively reflects ongoing growth through lifelong learning.
- ‘Learning’ means the acquisition of knowledge or skills through experience, study, or teaching. While we are a post-secondary institution, Â鶹´«Ã½ also see the merits of other learning methods, environments and opportunities.
The Continuous Learning team
- Catherine Drea, Director, Learning Innovation
- Michelle Aarons, Director, Continuous Learning
- Dan Bullock, work study student
- Janis George, Administrative Assistant
- Susan Martin, Program Assistant
- Lydia Stewart-Goodison, Program Assistant
- Deborah Treftlin, Learning Co-ordinator
