Graduate Certificate in Online Educator
The Online Educator Graduate Certificate Program will equip individuals with the knowledge and skills needed to design and provide effective online learning experiences including:
- Designing online learning activities and assessments for meaningful learning
- Designing, facilitating, and evaluating online discussions
- Promoting student engagement and motivation in online learning environments
- Understanding unique characteristics of online learning environments
- Selecting appropriate technology tools and learning objects to support online learners
- Using Learning Management Systems to support and deliver online learning
- Seeking for and evaluating Internet-based information and resources that can be used to enhance online learning
- Organizing course materials in an online format
Requirements
The graduate certificate requires 12 graduate credit hours, with a maximum of 3 hours of transfer credit.
| Required Courses (9 credit hours) | ||
| IS_LT 9471 | Instructional Systems Design | 3 |
| IS_LT 9484 | Teaching Online Courses | 3 |
| IS_LT 9485 | Designing Online Learning | 3 |
| Recommended Electives (3 credit hours) | ||
| IS_LT 7361 | Introduction to Digital Media | 3 |
| IS_LT 7383 | Rapid Development Tools for Online Learning | 3 |
| IS_LT 7386 | Microlearning | 1 |
| IS_LT 9455 | Formative and Summative Evaluation | 3 |
| IS_LT 9473 | Project Management | 3 |
For information about certificate, contact:
SISLT Student Services
304 Townsend Hall
Columbia, MO 65211
sislt@missouri.edu
phone: 877-747-5868 or 573-882-4546
Certificate web site: https://sislt.missouri.edu/certificates/online-educator/