Program: Online Learning and Teaching

Degree Level: Certificate

Delivered by: World Wide Web

Percent of program offered at a distance: 100%

Program Description:

The purpose of the certificate program in Online Learning and Teaching is to provide current and potential online educators with a strong foundation in how to design and teach online courses. Specific goals are

• Students will explain the place of online learning in the context of distance education in general.
• Students will choose and use a variety of Internet resources and software and integrate them effectively into education.
• Students will design effective online courses.
• Students will teach online courses effectively using such technologies as learning management systems, many computer mediated communications options, and other technologies.
• Students will describe existing research on online learning and teaching and use it in designing and teaching online courses.

Admission/Prerequisite Requirements:

• A completed application form
• A well-written and coherent statement of the student's goals in the program
• An undergraduate GPA of at least 3.0

Courses required:

Total of 15 hours.

NOTE: Courses with  ehhslogo are currently online.  

ITEC 67436 Distance Education
3 hrs.  ehhslogo
ITEC 67438 Instructional Applications of the Internet
3 hrs.  ehhslogo
ITEC 57442 Designing Online Courses
3 hrs.  ehhslogo
ITEC 67444 Teaching Online Courses 3 hrs.  ehhslogo
ITEC 67449 Research in Online Learning and Teaching
3 hrs.  ehhslogo