Vision
Transformational Learning Experiences
Students and communities work hand-in-hand to examine needs and develop lasting solutions. Universities partner with Metanoia to create project-based courses with action-oriented outcomes.
Dynamic, interdisciplinary experiential learning opportunities.
International Travel
Working in partnership with community leaders is fundamental to Experience Metanoia ™.
El Salvador is our current community partner. There, students have engaged with local adults, children, community leaders, and churches to identify key community challenges and co-develop solutions.
About
Metanoia uses a model that provides Fellowship-like exploration with classroom-like structure.
+4.5%
Fall 2024 saw a 4.5% increase in total postsecondary enrollment compared to the previous year, with undergraduate enrollment nearing 16 million.
Faculty must respond and expand. Metanoia is a partner in that evolution.
ELT
Foundational for Fellowships, Study Abroad, and similar learning experiences.
Based on principles of (ELT), our approach, Experience Metanoia ™, guides students through the experiential learning cycle, where they: experience, reflect, think, act, and repeat.
12.3K
Estimated budget for creating a new course featuring cross-disciplinary perspectives.
We save institutions time and money by expediting the curriculum collaboration and course production process.
And we help educators package and promote their research and curriculum.
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"Interdisciplinary learning has emerged as a vital approach to addressing both the complexity of modern world challenges and the need to equip students with versatile skills for the future."
Become a University Partner
Metanoia works with university partners to develop experincial, outcome-oriented courses.
North Carolina State University is our premier community partner. There, Social and Sustainable Innovation Fellows have contributed to the research and development of the learning experience.
Experience Metanoia ™
Preliminary
1. Intellectual Preparation
Intellectual Preparation modules provide immersion enhancement components, such as specific cultural expertise, language skills, and social innovation.
These immersion enhancement modules prepare students to think and work in different contexts, while taking in best practices and vocabulary from multiple disciples.
They can be viewed as the lens through which students will interpret their altering experience.
They are crafted and/or selected based on the chosen immersive learning experience and intended outcome.
Experience
2. Immersive Learning Experience
Metanoia was founded on the principle that immersion creates opportunities for passion-led actions for change.
As students engage in their immersive experiential learning experience, they do so with newly acquired skills in teamwork, and having learned relevant principles from disciplines of selected Intellectual Preparation modules.
This can take several forms, from high-level community partner co-op sprints, to community impact-driven study abroad experiences.
Engaging with peers in a multidisciplinary format lowers barriers to communication. This design creates a higher propensity for interdisciplinary collaboration while synthesizing and responding to their altering experiences.
Action
3. Guided Response to an Intended Outcome
Students begin the experience with clear specifications of their intended outcome.
The curriculum for each course is built to culminate in outcome-oriented disciplines, like political science and entrepreneurship.
Students are tasked with providing project-based responses to what they have learned and experienced. This final module is designed to channel their ambition for change in a practical and impactful format.
These responses may take the form of socioeconomic development, community-based research, SDG-aligned project proposals, local capacity-building initiatives, financial literacy tools, or small business concept development.
What is a Module?
We define modules as predetermined components, that contribute to a larger learning outcome.
1. Modules are assorted in nature.
They feature a range of educators from international institutions, with backgrounds ranging from outcome-oriented disciplines, like political science, entrepreneurship, and organizational behavior, to immersion enhancement components, such as specific cultural expertise, language skills, and social innovation.
2. They are fractional and designed to be combined.
Students are encouraged to view complex problems from multiple vantage points. They take the perspective of several experts from intersecting disciplines, enhancing their propensity to reach across communication barriers and engage in interdisciplinary collaboration.
3. They guide students along a path toward action.
There are 3 primary phases to the
1. Intellectual Preparation
2. Immersive Learning Experience
3. Guided Response to an Intended Outcome
Read more about the potential to Tailor Intended Outcomes
4. With intention to connect the world's leading institutions and thinkers.
University Partners can opt to collaborate across institutions through our modular resource library.
Doing so provides faculty with support in packaging and promoting their innovative curriculum.
Learn more about the Modular Resource Library and how we’ve addressed the institutional challenge of utilizing Learning Management Systems in interdisciplinary course design
5. Backed by psychological theory and industry trends in innovative curriculum.
Experience Metanoia ™ is backed by decades of research, validating and applying David A. Kolb’s Experiential Learning Theory (ELT) in different disciplines.
As universities move toward more adaptable and cross-disciplinary offerings, partnerships with companies like Metanoia secure resources to meet emerging needs.
Learn more about Trends in Education Lending to Modularity
6. Focused on Eductor-Driven Partnership.
Considering limited faculty time and university collaboration challenges, Metanoia is made with educators - and their resources- in mind. We support educators in leveraging existing innovative curriculum
We were built to help you meet your strategic goals.
We support educators in producing, packaging, and promoting their curricula (& save them time and money doing it).
Metanoia Team
Jack Rothacker
Founder, CEO
Jada Wyatt
Co-Founder,
University Relations
Carmen Díaz
International Community Partner Coordinator
ALFALIT
On-Ground Nonprofit/Church Partner
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