Online Teaching Certificate Programs: Which Program Is Right for You?
Ready to advance your knowledge and skills? We can help you choose the right program.
Ready to advance your knowledge and skills? We can help you choose the right program.
The OLC Institute for Professional Development offers two unique certificate programs that can help you develop and advance your professional practice in the online classroom. Use the chart below to help you decide which program is right for you at this time. OCL also offers an Instructional Designer Certificate Program. Learn more about OLC’s instructional designer programs here.
Online Teaching Certificate Program | Advanced Online Teaching Certificate Program | |
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Program Focus | This program prepares educators to teach and improve online courses using the OLC Pillars of Quality in Online Education: learning effectiveness, scale, faculty and student satisfaction, and access. | This program is designed to help educators fine-tune existing online courses and degree programs in order to have a positive impact on student learning. Participants conduct a critical analysis of their own course to determine how close, or far, they are from the best practices described in the OSCQR Course Design Review and the Quality Course Teaching and Instructional Practice (QCTIP) scorecards. This analysis becomes the foundation and framework that each individual participant uses as they explore topics in six units of study. |
Program Length | This Certificate consists of three phases that need to be completed within a year:
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This Certificate is a 12-week workshop consisting of various modules allowing participants to deeply immerse themselves in the presented topic. Each module has a “kick off” live session and culminates in a project which is presented to and reviewed by the facilitator and by peers. |
Overview of Major Topics | Week 1: Overview, Expectations and Community Week 2: Quality Online Courses and Teaching Week 3: Online Course Design Week 4: Online Syllabus Design Week 5: Teaching and Learning with Technology Week 6: Accessibility and Usability Best Practices Week 7: Online Learning Activities and Assessments Week 8: Curating Content and Copyright Week 9: Workload Management and Summary Reflections Week 10: Meeting Your Mentor and Next Steps |
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Prerequisites |
Note: Participants with no prior online teaching experience are required to complete all three New to Online series of workshops starting with New to Online: Essentials, Part 1, Getting Started. New to Online: Essentials Part 2, Converting Your Course, and New to Online: Essentials Part 3, Course Design Basics workshops can be taken in any order prior to registering for the Certificate Program. |
At least three years online teaching experience OR At least one year online teaching experience AND successful completion of the OLC Online Teaching Certificate program |
Who should take this program? | Educators, administrators, or institutional leaders who want to become more effective online/digital teaching & learning professionals. | Online faculty who wish to critically analyze and improve their online courses by incorporating active learning strategies, multimedia and social media components, accessibility standards, and stronger assessment practices. |
Outcomes |
At the end of this program, participants will have developed and/or revised a complete online or blended course based on current research and best practices and will be prepared to develop new courses. Upon successful completion of this program, participants will be awarded an Online Teaching Certificate and a digital badge. |
At the end of this program, participants will apply best practices for online/ blended teaching and learning, and will take away newly created assets that can be immediately incorporated into their courses.
Upon successful completion of this program, participants will be awarded an Advanced Online Teaching Certificate and a digital badge. |
Member Pricing |
Foundation + 3 Workshops: $1,850 |
$1,500 |
Non-member Pricing |
Foundation + 3 Workshops: $2,325 |
$1,850 |
Still not sure which program is right for you? Contact institute@onlinelearning-c.org and one of our staff members will answer your questions.