Micro+Courses

//Just-in-time and on-demand!//
==== This fall the Friday Institute's professional development team is introducing just-in-time, on demand e-learning with micro-courses! The micro-course concept was created by Dave Cormier and George Siemens, and the concept is simple, but powerful. Take content that can be taught in a week or two, add a small but meaningful amount of work, and meet several times online to answer questions and be supported in your learning. While the concept is simple, the learning outcome for you is substantial! ====

**Our Micro-Courses meet your needs with:**

 * ====Only **meaningful** content (filler is stripped out)====
 * ====Single **objectives** for the course (do one thing, and learn to do it well!)====
 * ====Independent work **shared** with the group (learning is social)====
 * ====**Short** time frame for completion (2 weeks or less!)====

====Our motivation for offering this new program is simple: we know you need to learn new applications to //fully engage// technology, but you're pressed for time. We take the meaningful content and "chunk" it into smaller lessons, to build one element upon the other, supporting teachers in their efforts with technological integration by delivering just-in-time learning.====

=== Don't forget to take the "Professional Development Poll" on the Friday agenda wiki page, to share your feedback and ideas on the micro-courses that would best meet your needs. We'd like to hear from you! ===