The OLC Online Teaching Certificate 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

The Certificate consists of three phases:
A 10-week foundation course
Three electives or learning specializations that focus on improving overall competency within a specific area of academic focus
A final capstone presentation

Here I am providing you Course Structure of this program

Week 1: Overview, Expectations and Community
-Review and discuss the program structure, expectations and requirements
-Identify additional personal learning goals for this program
-Establish an online learning community

Week 2: Quality Online Courses and Teaching
-Explore key characteristics of quality online courses and teaching
-Identify strengths and opportunities for improvement related to personal course design and instructional strategies

Week 3: Online Syllabus and Schedule Design
-Explore the elements of an effective online syllabus/schedule
-Identify strengths and opportunities for improvement as related to your identified online course schedule and syllabus
-Draft an online syllabus/schedule that reflects quality standards

Week 4: Online Learning Communities
-Explore key concepts regarding learning communities, presence and interactions
-Identify strengths and opportunities for improvement as related to your online course
-Describe strategies for integrating or enhancing community, presence and interaction in your online course

Week 5: Online Learning Activities and Assessments
-Explore online learning activities and assessments
-Develop an online learning activity and an appropriate assessment strategy that aligns with an identified course learning objective

Week 6: Teaching and Learning with Technology
-Explore and evaluate various online technologies and tools that may be used to support your learning objectives, online presence and interactions
-Identify online technology strategies that are appropriate for your course and your students

Week 7: Curating Content and Copyright
-Explore strategies for curating content for your courses
-Explore institutional and regional copyright policies that may impact your course content
-Identify copyright issues as they pertain to your course content
-Identify curated content for your course that aligns with your course learning outcomes and adheres to your copyright policy

Week 8: Accessibility and Usability Best Practices
-Explore best practices regarding accessibility and usability
-Identify strategies for integrating accessibility and usability into your online course

Week 9: Workload Management and Summary Reflections
-Explore online faculty workload issues
-Identify strategies to manage workload
-Prepare to meet your mentor

Week 10: Meeting Your Mentor and Next Steps
-Summarize key knowledge gained
-Determine next steps in program that align with personal learning goals
-Meet your mentor
-Review syllabus and related course components with your mentor
-Identify and enroll in elective workshops

Online Learning Consortium, Inc.
PO Box 1238
Newburyport, MA
01950-8238
Phone: Voice: 617.716.1414 Conferences: 617.716.1414, Option 5
Email:info@onlinelearning-c.org