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NAFSA e-Learning Express

NAFSA’s e-Learning Express courses provide you targeted answers to specific topics – in less than an hour. Each on-demand course offers a self-driven, interactive experience that gets you up to speed on the topics that impact your current role and international education career.

e-Learning Express Features

Self-Driven : Interactive learning experience on your schedule.
Focused Content: Targeted answers address specific needs and topics.
Expert Resources: Additional resources and self-assessment tools reinforce gained knowledge, and rewards you with a certificate of completion.

Members save 25% on NAFSA e-Learning Express courses.

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Secondary Schools and SEVIS Compliance

Learn basic regulatory information and a general overview of SEVIS compliance at the secondary school level.

Essential Federal Regulations for Education Abroad

Understand the basic federal regulations that govern privacy, discrimination, and mandatory reporting.

Understanding Financial Aid for Education Abroad

Identify successful ways an education abroad office can support students as they navigate through funding and financial aid questions related to their study abroad program.

Gaining J Designation Approval

Learn about the Department of State’s J-Designation in order to prepare your organization’s DS-3036 application package.

The International Adviser’s Playbook

Much like a strategy book, the Adviser’s Playbook details a series of plays – or strategies – to foster a more engaging, more productive advising session.

Visa Advising for Education Abroad

Advising students on visas for study abroad requires a sophisticated set of skills and knowledge. Learn more in the e-Learning Express Course.

Data Driven Decision Making Series

Building a Data Strategy to Advocate for IE Programs

Part 1

Learn about how to collect appropriate data for your programs and purposes.

Foundations for Strategic Analysis of IE Data

Part 2

Learn how to analyze and summarize program and institutional data to inform decisions.

Applied Analysis for Strategic Decision Making

Part 3

Identify strategies to explore and reveal impact from program and institutional data, to improve programs and communicate with various stakeholders.

Sharing Results for Effective Advocacy

Part 4

Learn how to share and communicate results with different stakeholders to implement change and achieve strategic goals.

Series: Data Driven Decision Making

Complete Series

The complete four-part NAFSA e-Learning series, which provides professionals in the field opportunities to learn strategies to collect and analyze data, and share findings with different stakeholders to effectively advocate for programs, staff, and students and meet strategic international education goals.

Developing Proficiency in Intercultural Communication Series

Foundations of Intercultural Communication

Part 1

Examine the fundamental components of intercultural communication, and the influential effects of culture on behavior.

Intercultural Adjustment and Adaptation

Part 2

Review helpful tools, resources, and exercises that international educators have successfully utilized in programming initiatives.

Communicating Across Cultures

Part 3

Explore the norms of communication in various intercultural contexts.

Culture and Identity

Part 4

Explore marginality, relational patterns, and issues of diversity as they relate to the broad field of international education.

Series: Developing Proficiency in Intercultural Communication

Complete Series

The complete four-part NAFSA e-Learning Express Course series, which provides professionals within the field the opportunity to strengthen their skills and experience in order to become more successful in their work.

Responsive Management for Uncertain Times

Managing Teams Through Times of Upheaval and Change

Part 1

Appraise the impact of disruptive change and explore strategies for moving into the “next normal”.

Managing Team Performance in a Virtual Setting

Part 2

Adapt your leadership style to the virtual environment and continue to lead successful teams.

Sustaining Yourself and Your Team During Stressful Times

Part 3

Motivate your team members, build a supportive virtual community, and establish appropriate boundaries between work life and personal life.

Series: Responsive Management for Uncertain Times

Complete Series

Purchase the Parts 1, 2, and 3 as a series to learn strategies to help you and your team navigate major changes and adapt your management style to the moment.

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