Certificate Title: Effective Online Teaching (EOT)
Description:
Effective Online Teaching (EOT) focusses on the varying ways to teach online either asynchronous or synchronous. The course details all elements of excellent course design that can be applied to online courses but is also applicable to hybrid, blended, and hyflex course design.
Throughout the asynchronous certificate, you will be assessed through a final quiz and uploaded documents. You may retake the final quiz to attain the required 100%. You will receive feedback from Dr. Cynthia Korpan on all assignments. The certificate is mastery and outcomes based, designed to be completed in 30 hours. However, you will have six months to complete, so that you can proceed through the certificate at the rate comfortable for you. Once you have satisfied all learning outcomes required to successfully complete this certificate, you will be issued your certificate of completion and a letter outlining the competencies and learning outcomes you achieved (as detailed below). All materials required to successfully complete the certificate are provided through the learning management system.
Who is the certificate developed for?
Anyone teaching adults, whether in higher education or other types of programs, online or in blended, hybrid, or hyflex forms.
Competencies:
You will demonstrate your ability to:
- Design learning-centered online courses that –
- support diverse learners,
- holds learners to high expectations,
- provides high support for learners, and
- uses appropriate online technology.
- Align learning outcomes, assessment, and instructional strategies that –
- include robust learning outcomes that clearly state the learning activity, criteria, and conditions,
- outlines appropriately sequenced and chunked diagnostic, formative, and summative assessments, and
- utilizes active and peer learning suitable for online to meet outcomes.
Certificate Learning Outcomes (CLO)
By the end of the certificate, you will:
- Recognize how to design courses for asynchronous, synchronous, or a combination of both.
- Identify the range of instructional strategies to support online learners.
- Apply learning theories, including University Design for Learning (UDL), to online courses.
- Integrate assessment into your online course.
Certificate Plan
The certificate is comprised of one module.
Cost:
Total cost: 1 module = $247.00 USD or $325.00 CAD for the complete certificate
To register for this certificate, go here:
Testimonials:
The courses I have taken from Cynthia have provided me with a theoretical foundation that I use to better understand how to design classroom environments that promote learning. That foundation gives me an improved capacity to articulate pedagogical concepts so that I can perform effective literature searches to continuously improve my own teaching methods. Being able to engage literature effectively then gives me more confidence to take risks and evolve my courses at a faster rate.
Former faculty member student
Dr. Korpan is very skilled in online teaching and learning, using many effective options for learning in that environment and was able to give fulsome and helpful feedback to all students. Cynthia’s knowledge of learning and teaching in university settings is extensive. Her skills as an educator ensures that her courses and classes are organized, interesting, interactive, and engaging.
Peer colleague
Cynthia is a great instructor. Very knowledgeable about the subject matter. Good choices for assessment. Highly student–centered (i.e., not lecture–based) course activities. One of the best courses that I have taken or observed. Overall, she is a fantastic instructor and role model for teaching.
Former graduate student
Dr. Korpan is a delight to work with and is genuinely sincere, open, and considerate. She brings extensive research experience to her work and simultaneously helps others thrive in their own teaching and scholarship of teaching. Above all else, she understands educational excellence from a variety of perspectives: her extensive understanding of the research in the field; her own research studies and editing experiences; her program-building capabilities; and her hard work and innovation.
Peer colleague
Cynthia Korpan, PhD
Director
ITeach: Certification in Higher Ed Inc
About me
I have over 20 years experience in Educational Development in Higher Education and over 35 years related to workplace learning. As the former Director of Teaching Excellence at the University of Victoria, I garnered significant experience in developing programs and courses, teaching undergraduates, graduate students, and professors, and mentoring many about learning and teaching in higher education. In 2017, I was honoured with the Educational Developers Caucus Leadership Award for my national work related to educational development. My research focuses on early career academics’ first teaching in the academic workplace. This work and my expertise have been and continues to be shared with institutions around the world, such as Canada, the United States, China, Uganda, Pakistan, and Ghana.
