Professional Programs
Online
Certificate in Distance Education
System Planning and Management
In the system planning and management track, you will look more closely at planning, implementing, and supporting a distance education program and understanding the operational management issues of these efforts.
As this is difficult to do this without some organizational context in mind, participants are expected to identify an authentic and useful project to work on during these modules. This project may come from your current work situation or from a volunteer organization with which you work, or it may be completely hypothetical.
Instruction for Distance Learning (June 19-June 25)
- transactional distance and interaction
- planning for instruction
- designing instruction and assessment
- technical and accessibility considerations
Designing Technology for Distance Learning (June 26-July 2)
- technology planning
- system design
- vendors and bids
- technology management and support
No class July 3-July 9.
Managing and Supporting Instruction (July 10-July 16)
- intellectual property and copyright
- instructor support for teaching
- learner support
- staff support and training
Program Management for Distance Education (July 17-July 23)
- personnel management
- learner services management
- fiscal management and budgeting
- marketing and promotion
Evaluation for Distance Education (July 24-July 30)
- user-focused evaluation
- planning and conduction evaluations
- analyzing and using findings
