#  About 

 



#  Human 

**Deep learning springs from human connection.**

Our courses have *live person-to-person interaction* each week to make learning matter for life.



 

 

 

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 ### Flexible

Courses that respect the full lives and varied preferences of **adult, part-time learners.**



 

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 ### Personal

Whether a class has 15 learners or 300, each student gets **timely individual feedback.**



 

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 ### Organic

Iterative course design keeps courses **fresh and relevant** for students and instructors.



 

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 ### Open to all

Everyone has the **opportunity to earn credit** in rigorous, Harvard-quality courses.



 

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*Education is about being vulnerable. It’s about being unsettled, unnerved, unhoused – being open to that which you are not used to. To have to de-familiarize yourself to ways of being in the world – Harvard Extension is magnificent in that regard."*

 

Dr. Cornel West

Professor of the Practice of Public Philosophy | Harvard Divinity School

 

 



 

 

 

 

##  We envisioned online learning that fostered connection without sacrificing flexibility, then developed technology solutions to make it real. 

 



  [### HELIX

 ](/helix)SEE HOW WE DO ONLINE LEARNING

Flexible course formats   
grounded in live interactive experiences.



 

  [### CONNECT

 ](/connect)GET SUPPORT FOR YOUR COURSE

Faculty support for course design, pedagogy,  
media production, and instructional tech.