5 Courses Required

Certificate Description

The professional development Certificate in Online Curriculum Development is a five-module online certificate designed to provide teachers with the practical skills necessary to create effective and engaging online learning experiences. You’ll explore how to plan, build, and lead a successful online educational environment by practicing the principles of engagement, collaboration, lesson planning, and assessment through a series of five course modules.

The program allows you to earn one continuing education unit for each course, offering up to five total continuing education units. Register for one module individually or all five modules within the certificate.

Individual Module Cost: $150

Complete Professional Development Certificate: $625 ($125 savings)


Key Benefits

  • 100% online self-paced certificate program.
  • Learn practical skills to create effective and engaging online learning environment.
  • No prior experience required.
  • No textbooks and other materials required for purchase.
  • Earn up to five teacher professional development continuing education units.

Learning Modules Include

  • Module 1:  Teaching From a Distance: Planning Lessons for Impact
    • Unit 1 - Instructional Framework
    • Unit 2 - Synchronous Online Teaching
    • Unit 3 - Asynchronous Online Teaching
    • Unit 4 - Impactful Lesson Planning in Context
  • Module 2:  Increase Clarity: Defining Success in Online Learning
    • Unit 1 - What Do My Students Need to Know and Be Able to Do?
    • Unit 2 - Learning Expectations
    • Unit 3 - What Does Success Look Like?
    • Unit 4 - Clarity in Learning
  • Module 3:  Assessment Online
    • Unit 1 - Think Like an Evaluator
    • Unit 2 - Assessment as Learning
    • Unit 3 - Assessment for Learning
    • Unit 4 - Assessment in Online Learning
  • Module 4:  Engagement in Online Learning
    • Unit 1 - Building an Engaging Online Environment
    • Unit 2 - Creating a Community of Learners
    • Unit 3 - Meeting Learners’ Needs
    • Unit 4 - Engaging Online Classrooms in Context
  • Module 5:  Collaboration in Online Learning
    • Unit 1 - Designing Collaborative Activities
    • Unit 2 - Organizing Online Group Work
    • Unit 3 - Monitoring Online Collaborative Learning
    • Unit 4 - Online Collaboration in Context

Certificate Learning Outcomes

  • Examine different instructional frameworks and how to utilize them in an online learning environment.
  • Compare synchronous and asynchronous pedagogical choices.
  • Develop an introduction to your online curriculum development plan.
  • Identify what students need to know and be able to do.
  • Communicate learning expectations, synchronously and asynchronously.
  • Describe what success in learning looks like for students.
  • Examine assessment as, for, and of learning in an online course.
  • Discover the role of the teacher as an evaluator.
  • Develop an assessment plan for teaching online.
  • Discover ways to build an engaging online environment.
  • Analyze community building practices for online distance learning.
  • Examine ways to support learners’ needs through distance learning.
  • Develop a plan for increasing engagement in online courses.
  • Examine the components in the design of online collaborative activities.
  • Discover ways to organize online group activities.
  • Develop a plan for online collaborative activities.

Requirements to Enroll

All learners are eligible to enroll in the Professional Certificate in Online Curriculum Development. There are no admissions requirements. It is recommended that learners have a high school diploma or GED.


Estimated Time to Completion

The Professional Certificate in Online Curriculum Development can be completed in approximately 50 hours.


Access Time

Learners will have access to their certificate learning courses for up to 6 months from the date of their enrollment.


CEUs and PDUs

CEUs - 5.0 National University Continuing Education Units


Certificate of Completion

After completion of all 5 courses, learners will be awarded an official National University Workforce Education Solutions Professional and Continuing Education Certificate of Completion.


Contact Us

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Additional Details

Enrollment Information

Certificate

Certificate in Online Curriculum Development Bundle

Certificate Fee
Bundle : $625.00
Deadline to Start Last Course
180 Days After Registration
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