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Introduction to Collaborative Discussion

Emily Greco
By Emily GrecoAug 27, 2021
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Organizer: Interactivity Foundation

Location: Virtual

This is the first of five sessions for 'Introduction to Collaborative Discussion," an online course that the Interactivity Foundation is facilitating in partnership with the Diversity Relations Council at Leisure World in Silver Spring, Maryland. In this course, registered participants meet weekly online via Zoom. The five class discussions for this course are participatory, interactive, and additive—they build on the ideas discussed and developed in prior sessions by the participants.


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