St. Louis Park Community Education

Learn about the online instructional environment, envisioning your online course, developing a web course, phases of design and development, design guidelines, and more. Discover the principles behind the adoption of technology innovation and the nature of the online learning environment. Then get tips for planning your online course, identifying resources and design guidelines. Discuss the phases of design and development and models, motivating student-student interaction, and managing interaction. Get the latest information on copyright issues, assessment and evaluation. This course can be taken individually or as part of a certificate, click here to register for the full certificate class, Certificate in Online Teaching. Click here for additional information about this individual course. Optional grad credit from the University of South Dakota available upon request, at an additional fee, after you register. CEUs/ILUs: 1.6 Length (in hours): 16 Start Dates: March 1-26; April 5-30; OR June 7 - July 2

Being engaged with your online learners throughout the course is one of the three biggest weaknesses of online teachers. It is also one of the three biggest ways to take your online course to the next level, making it a superior learning experience for your learners. Come experience how to do it from the creator of the concept and practice of ‘continual engagement’ in teaching. Discover how to build student success through your interaction, how to give online learners feedback, communicating with them about everything from subject matter to delicate issues to grading. You will come away with advanced, practical, how-to tips from one of the foremost authorities on fostering online discussion. And you will see how your instructor models great interaction and engagement in the online environment. This course can be taken individually or as part of a certificate, click here to register for the full certificate class, Certificate in Online Teaching. Click here for additional information about this individual course. Optional grad credit from the University of South Dakota available upon request, at an additional fee, after you register. CEUs/ILUs: 1.6 Length (in hours): 16 Class Dates: April 5-30; June 7 - July 2; OR August 2 - 27 One Month Course

For those new to teaching online, or those already teaching online. Get the best instruction from the foremost authorities in online learning. Thousands of people have taken this fundamental yet advanced training in teaching online. From building an online course to improving an online course, from fostering online discussion to encouraging student interaction, from traditional assessment to online tests, the program will give you both the fundamentals of teaching online, as well as the most advanced tips and techniques in the business. Your instructors are authors, speakers and consultants in online learning and teaching. This is a certificate class - the 3 component classes may be taken individually (click on individual class names below for more info). Click here for additional information about this certificate. Optional grad credit from the University of South Dakota available upon request, at an additional fee, after you register. CEUs/ILUs: 4.8 Length (in hours): 48 Course schedule Advanced Teaching Online February 1-26; April 5-30; OR June 7 - July 2 Designing Online Instruction March 1-26; May 3-28; OR July 6-30 Fostering Online Discussion April 5-30; June 7 - July 2; OR August 2-27