We are excited to offer a new community-engaged learning online program for Cornell students. This online program is designed for any level of experience — whether you are brand new to community-engaged learning or have experience and are looking to refresh your skills and discover new tools.

Through five self-paced courses, you will get an overview of community-engaged learning (CEL) theory and practice, and will understand how CEL can augment learning and make an impact in any course, curriculum and/or co-curricular program. You can apply the foundations of CEL practice to your own courses, projects or programs with downloadable tools and adaptable sample activities.

You may complete all five courses or focus on the specific topics most relevant to your needs.

Each course takes three to four hours to complete.

• In CU301 Building a Better World with Community-Engaged Learning, students will define high-quality CEL; identify your motivations, purpose and goals; discern the value of CEL for your course, project or program; and begin to incorporate CEL tools and activities.
• You’ll continue to build a CEL toolkit in CU302 Developing, Understanding and Strengthening Cultural Humility with tools and activities to improve cultural self-awareness and enhance your ability to apply cultural humility in interpersonal and institutional relationships. In addition you will engage in activities to effectively communicate across differences and learn to adapt to diverse community contexts through CEL.
• CU303 Supporting Partnerships will assist you in developing an asset-based mindset to support reciprocal, mutually beneficial and sustainable campus-community partnerships.
• CU304 Fostering Critical Reflection in Community Engagement explores concepts and practices in critical reflection and provides the tools to facilitate and encourage deeper learning in CEL.
• Finally, CU305 Cultivating Community-Engaged Learning and Leadership focuses on strategies for cultivating CEL leadership among students, faculty and staff. Activities and tools will prepare you to take individual actions to benefit institutions, organizations and the communities with which you work.

By completing all five courses (or the equivalent in-person workshops), you can earn a Certificate in Community-Engaged Learning and Leadership. To learn more and register, visit the certificate program webpage.

Cornell students can enroll via the eCornell portal.