At the University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS), innovation and the use of new methods and technologies are an integral part of what we do. SEAS Online Learning compiles initiatives and offerings that can be utilized by students, faculty, alumni, executives, and, in some cases, the general public.
SEAS Online Learning is gathered into three categories, which aim to empower the learner’s experience and engagement by offering easy-to-access content, materials and courses to facilitate a personalized path that can range from competency-based learning to experimentation with new technologies.
- Online Courses: learn at your own pace from courses, teach-outs and lectures.
- Collaborative Learning: an open, collaborative platform for creating, revising, teaching and sharing media-rich learning modules.
- Learning Innovation: innovative web-based tools and technologies that are developed or used by SEAS faculty, researchers and students.
Online Courses
These online offerings allow you to learn at your own pace.
- Michigan Online courses are mostly free and available to all.
- Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are free and available to all.
- The MasterTrack Certificate via Coursera is available to all and can earn credits toward a degree at SEAS.
- Teach-Outs are short online learning events on important sustainability topics which are free and available to all.
- The Online Lectures portal provides free access to recordings on a wide range of topics by SEAS faculty, guests and collaborators.
Collaborative Learning
Gala is an open platform for collaboratively creating, revising, teaching and sharing media-rich learning modules. It is used across U-M units and other universities and organizations and emphasizes inclusive, iterative and dynamic content production.
Learning Innovation
SEAS faculty and students apply innovative methods and educational technologies to enhance the learning experience. This ranges from faculty-created research platforms and simulation tools to student-created games and 3D visualization.