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COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES TEACHING K-12 TEACHERS ONLINE HOW
TO UTILIZE TECHNOLOGY IN EDUCATION
Providing teachers with the
means and knowledge to teach online and incorporate
technology inside the K-12 teaching and learning arena is an
obvious growth area for higher education schools and
colleges of education.
Broadly speaking, there are two types of online faculty
training and education related to distance learning and
teaching: One is about training teachers how to use whatever
course management system is in place and whatever plug-in
software might be utilized inside their online classes; the
other is about providing information, instruction and the
opportunity for collaboration among peers through
distance-education-related degree programs, individual
classes and workshops, and specialized certificate and
professional development programs - all available online,
which, in many cases, is the preferred mode of delivery for
busy teachers.
Training teachers how to use software is typically
provided by the software providers themselves. Teaching
teachers about sound pedagogy as it relates to teaching at a
distance, instructional design, and technology-integration
best practices are provided through a number of for-profit
and not-for-profit providers of higher education distance
learning programs.
Both types of online faculty training/education are also
provided at the school, district and state levels, depending
on the sophistication and staff of a school’s, district’s or
state’s information technology department.
Below is a list of distance-education-related degree and
certificate programs and classes available through
for-profit and not-for-profit higher education institutions,
all available online:
Athabasca University
- Offers a graduate degree program in Distance
Education.
CalStateTeach
- Allows working K-8 teachers to earn their credential
without attending traditional college classes.
Capella University
- Offers graduate-level certificate programs, graduate
degrees and Ph.D. programs in education with a
specialization in Distance Education, Instructional Design,
Teaching and Training Online, and Training and Development.
Columbia University Teachers College
- Offers courses,
professional development programs, conferences and special
events mediated partly or wholly through electronic means.
Fort Hays State University
- Offers 125 professional development courses for teachers
under the broad title of "Using the Internet for Curriculum
Development."
Jones International University
- Offers a variety of certificate programs, including Using
the Internet in K-12 Education, e-Library Management,
e-Learning Technology and Design, and e-Learning Design and
Production.
Lesley University
- Offers a graduate-level degree program in Technology in
Education.
Our Lady of the Lake University
- Offers an "Online Master Technology Teacher Program."
Penn State World Campus
- Offers a graduate-level certificate program in Educational
Technology Integration.
San Diego State University
- Offers an Instructional Technology Certificate program.
Sylvan Learning
- Offers two graduate-level degree programs geared for K-12
teachers, in partnership with Walden University, Canter and
Associates and OnlineLearning.net - Instructional Technology
for Educators, and Elementary Reading and Literature.
UCLA Extension
- Offers numerous online classes
in teacher education through Sylvan’s OnlineLearning.net.
University of Illinois at Springfield
- Offers a Masters in
Teaching and Leadership that includes courses related to
technology and instructional design.
University of Maryland University
College (UMUC) - Offers a graduate degree
program in Distance Education and graduate-level certificate
programs in Foundations of Distance Education, Teaching at a
Distance, Training at a Distance, Library Services in
Distance Education, and Distance Education & Technology.
University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Offers a
certificate program in Distance Education. |
