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"A Passion for Creative Transformation The Transformative Leadership MA is a uniquely innovative distance-learning program that integrates extensive practical skills with deep self-reflection and an emphasis on creative action in the world. The program prepares students to embody leadership and mobilize their creativity in many different ways, whether in organizations, social movements, or a range of activities requiring personal initiative and dedication to making a difference. Transformative Leadership offers a creative incubator for new forms of leadership in a rapidly changing world. New forms of leadership are needed in all dimensions of life, not just in boardrooms and governments. Transformative Leadership explores leadership along four dimensions: new ways of being, relating, knowing, and doing, all requiring new perspectives, skills, and personal practices. Transformative leadership holds that as we change the world we also change ourselves, and as we change ourselves we also change the world. The transdisciplinary curriculum develops students' abilities to reflect on their mission in life, apply leading edge research, develop new sets of skills, and creatively act in the world. Faculty and students create a rich and supportive online learning community that provides a context where students can create their own approach to leadership, based on their personal values, capacities, and mission in life. This innovative program culminates in a Capstone Action Project that demonstrates leadership in the world and allows students to apply their learning and test their theories and assumptions about leadership in real time. The lessons learned from this project are often stepping stones for new initiatives and life paths for our graduates. The program also offers a unique set of electives, including a set of courses specifically designed to address issues related to LGBTQ leadership and policy."

What does this say about online learning platforms and courses? (Do they ever come with red, yellow and green lights that administrators see when they sign contracts for $$millions without knowing the educational effects of the online systems?) Note other skeptical views expressed in the comments section.

"includes combinations of synchronous and asynchronous, campus-based, online, distributed, simulation and massive open online course (MOOC)"

Stop blaming your users and instead say "Wow, so many people want to learn. How can we help them stay motivated and engaged? Let's help them achieve their dreams."

Create mission-driven communities Collaborate to capture, refine, share and transfer knowledge Publish knowledge within and across communities Create "community brilliance" through best practice capture, sharing and transfer Choreograph online experiences to engage users in defined processes Apply patented knowledge transfer process to ensure 90+% long-term knowledge retention

"online discussion platform that improves student curiosity, communication skills, and critical thinking. Packback delivers an easy-to-use and engaging discussion experience for students and professors, with powerful support from automated moderation, sorting, and scoring algorithms."

"Thrun seems to have 'discovered' that open-access, distance-education students struggle to complete," wrote Martin Weller, a professor of educational technology at the Open University, in Britain. "I don't want to sound churlish here, but hey, the OU has known this for 40 years."