Online Teaching and Learning Graduate Certificate

Prepare yourself for an evolving educational landscape by earning an Online Teaching and Learning graduate certificate through the University of Central Missouri. Our grad students call this Teaching certificate invaluable, as more schools add to their online offerings and integrate online learning into traditional classrooms. Employers are increasingly asking educational professionals to offer online classes to K–12 students. Additionally, many of our students now provide online teaching courses and resources to their colleagues to help them create online learning materials and use course management systems. Your continued success amplifies when you further your education with one of the best online graduate certificate programs no matter your chosen path as an educator. Whether you pursue career advancement or a career change, UCM’s Teaching certificate online program can give you an edge over the competition for online teaching jobs. 100% online, for you and your students Learn by doing in UCM’s Online Teaching and Learning graduate certificate program. Your training will be 100% online, preparing you with the tools, knowledge and skills you’ll use in your own virtual classrooms. What you will study This graduate certificate program prepares you for online teaching jobs that require you to teach and learn from a distance with technology. Complete our online teaching courses to learn how to integrate online or hybrid learning into your own virtual learning environments. Over your one to two semesters of study, you’ll take five courses. Example Teaching Certificate program courses include: Foundations of Educational Technology: Start your graduate certificate studies by learning the historical, sociological, philosophical and research foundations for using technology in education. Educational Product Development and Management: From basic programming to coding, this online teaching course trains you in how to use digital educational products, as well as how to create, find, evaluate and store them. Online Course Development: In your final class, you develop online coursework yourself. This graduate course trains you in the latest online learning trends and brings together all the lessons you learned across your online teaching courses. Especially in today’s global educational climate, your ability to deliver online learning gives you a competitive edge and increases your marketability for online teaching jobs. What can you do with an online Teaching certificate from UCM We set the stage for education years ago. UCM is the longest continuously accredited public institution by the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation in Missouri. Our online Teaching certificate programs remain on the forefront of the field today, training with the latest innovations and the most current trends. One of the best online graduate certificate programs for teaching Graduate with an understanding of how to effectively use technology in the learning environment. This ability to integrate technology enhances any educational system or online teaching course. Online learning is here to stay Regardless of your particular career path, online integration makes you competitive for online teaching jobs today and for years to come. Whether you’re a K–12 teacher, university faculty and staff, corporate trainer or instructional designer, you’ll stay ahead of the competition with online teaching certificate programs.

Acceptance into the program requires an undergraduate degree from an accredited institution and a 2.5 or higher cumulative GPA.