Help with research (max 10 mins).

by | Thursday, October 23, 2014

survey-meme

This is a request for help. If you are an educator (K12 teacher or administrator, higher ed faculty, corporate trainer etc.) we would like approximately 10 minutes of your time to complete a survey regarding the challenges faced by educators in the 21st century and the kinds of knowledge and/or skills needed to face these challenges. The survey should not take more than 8-12 minutes of your time to complete. Your responses will be confidential and fully anonymous. Your participation is voluntary, though we sincerely hope you will respond. Click on the link below to access the survey.

http://tiny.cc/teach21st/

Also, we would appreciate your forwarding this message to others. Here is a handy tweet you can copy and paste on to your twitter feed or Facebook post if you like

Please complete this survey on 21st century learning http://tiny.cc/teach21st/ Thank you @punyamishra

Thank you very much for considering this request and please contact me punya@msu.edu if you have any questions.

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