E-Learning Development for Online Educators Certificate of Completion

Welcome

This program is designed for education professionals who wish to expand their skills in the area of e-learning development. Online education is growing, and so are the technologies and skills associated with not only developing and implementing e-learning, but successfully creating an e-learning environment where learning is achieved.

What skills can participants gain by completing this certificate program?

• Analyze e-learning needs
• Explore approaches and tools for developing e-learning
• Apply learning, instructional, and systems theories
• Build foundations in instructional design
• Learn to design, develop, deliver, evaluate, and maintain e-learning
• Gain strategies for facilitating online community
• Discover best practices for program management and assessment in e-learning
• Evaluate the best ways to launch and manage e-learning programs
• Gain experience creating a project of your choice during the capstone, using strategies and techniques acquired during the program

Who can benefit from this program?

• Education professionals
• PreK-12 teachers
• Postsecondary instructors
• Higher education administration
• Community college technology coordinators
• Training and staff development managers
• Instructional designers
• Administrators interested in providing greater student access
• Nonprofit organization facilitators

Earn graduate credit via fully online courses and meet your professional development goals to become an educational professional in the area of e-learning development and instruction.

General Information

E-learning is an instructional model that allows instructors and students to take advantage of resources where learners have access to content, experts (the teacher and beyond), peers, and services that are independent of time and place. E-learning can occur within a classroom environment, with students located in different noncentralized locations as in distance learning, or in a hybrid mode of delivery. Understanding how to deliver e-learning effectively is a cornerstone of learning and technology today.

Portland State University's certificate of completion in E-Learning Development consists of four courses and a capstone project. All of the courses are offered entirely online; there is no requirement for campus residency. All courses may be taken for graduate credit and those credits may be applied toward a degree from the Graduate School of Education or transferred to other university programs (with approval of the student's adviser). For those who do not desire graduate credit but wish to participate in the certificate of completion program, these courses are also offered on a noncredit basis.

Portland State University is on a quarter system (10-week terms).