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Kusano  \nMary C. Wright  \nAmy J. Conger  \nThe point is not to vocationalize the arts, but rather to empower students in the artistic disciplines to understand the creative possibilities that exist in entrepreneurship.1  \nFaculty and archivists will collaborate on the development of courses in which students will actively engage in the interpretation and constructive use of multi-perspective, primary sources. Students will also learn to systematically organize digital tools as “research instruments”for managing their engagement with primary sources.2  \nStudent and area entrepreneurs have three options for participation: consultations, design jams, or the clinic model itself. By offering a suite of services, we will be enabling students to apprentice with advanced students and experts, regardless of skill level, and to build multiple opportunities to suit the dynamic real-world needs of our community.3  \nThese are just three examples of projects funded by the Transforming Learning for the Third Century (TLTC) initiative that seek to promote students’ self-agency and their ability to innovate and take risks. The Provost Task Teams on Engaged Learning and Digital Instruction define this learning goal as follows: “Students must know how to observe the opportunities and capacities of human communities, understand where new or existing ideas or systems could bring value within those communities, and be able to act effectively in order to drive sustained and positive change to provide that value”(Third Century Initiative Student Learning, [http://thirdcentury.umich.edu/](http://thirdcentury.umich.edu/)[ ](http://thirdcentury.umich.edu/)[student-learning/](student-learning/)) .  \n1 Mark Clague and Melissa Levine,“Arts Lab: Bringing Entrepreneurial Skills to Students in the Arts at the University of Michigan.” TLTC grant, funded 2013.  \n2 Terrence McDonald and Nancy Bartlett,“Engaging the Archives: New Partnerships and Understandings of Teaching and Learning with Primary Sources.” TLTC grant, funded 2015.  \n3 Nancy Benovich Gilby and Emily Puckett Rodgers,“UMSI Design Clinic: Social Media and User Experience.” TLTC grant, funded 2014.  \nStephanie Kusano is a Post-Doctoral Research Associate at the Center for Research on Learning and Teaching (CRLT) at the University of Michigan. She has a Ph.D. in Engineering Education. Mary C. Wright is Director of Assessment and an Associate Research Scientist at CRLT. She has a Ph.D. in Sociology. Amy J. Conger is the Assistant Vice Provost for Global and Engaged Education. She has a Ph.D. from the Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education.  \nEngaged Learning:  \nTransforming Learning for a Third Century  \nNo. 3  \nCenter for Research on Learning and Teaching  \nOccasional Paper No. 34  \nThis paper begins by defining the interrelated concepts of self-agency, innovation, and risk-taking. After discussing the relevance of these capacities for student development, effective approaches to fostering them will be offered. The paper concludes with a selection of appropriate measures for assessing these outcomes.  \nDefinition  \nSelf-agency refers to the sense of ownership and autonomy students have towards their education. To enable instructors to best support and design the environment in which students can develop these capacities, the next section describes how self-agency and the ability to innovate and take risks have been conceptualized in the literature. This section explores these concepts individually, then presents a brief discussion of how the three capacities are interrelated.  \nSelf-Agency  \nSelf-agency refers to students exercising choice in their learning experiences and selecting opportunities based on a long-term conception of their own goals for intellectual, professional, and personal growth. This implies that students should be able to engage in constructing their own knowledg","cbCaihNMTpw539Go","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaihNMTpw539Go","pdf",353173,12,"English","# Development and assessment framework\n## Definition of self-agency\n## Self-authorship continuum\n## Ability to innovate\n## Assessing outcomes","[{\"question\":\"What does self-agency mean in this paper?\",\"answer\":\"Self-agency refers to the ownership and autonomy students have in their education, including exercising choice and selecting learning opportunities aligned with long-term goals.\"},{\"question\":\"How is self-authorship related to self-agency?\",\"answer\":\"Self-authorship is the education research concept describing how students construct and take responsibility for their own learning meaning. 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