The Provost’s Office has launched a Distance Education Certificate program. With the help of the CARES Act and the Provost’s Office, instructors who participate will earn stipends for completing courses in the program. Anyone developing or reconfiguring a course for any of the distance education modalities is encouraged to participate.
The certificate program consists of three courses. Instructors will earn stipends after completing each of the courses, which act as steps in the certification sequence. Instructors will earn a badge after completing the first and second courses in the sequence, and the distance education certificate after completing the third course.
Course Availability & Deadlines
To comply with HR policy, after registering, CATL will reach out to your unit chair so they can approve your participation. Once approved, you will receive an email welcoming you to the course. Registrants must finish the course before the dates listed below, or reapply for a subsequent semester to complete the course.
Teaching with Technology Basecamp:
- Spring 2022 registrants must finish by May 13, 2022.
- Summer 2022 registration is now open (see below). Registrants can begin can begin May 23 and must finish by June 24, 2022.
Course Design Trail Guides:
- Spring 2022 registrants must finish by May 13, 2022.
- Summer 2022 registration is now open (see below). Registrants can begin can begin May 23 and must finish by June 24, 2022.
DE Retreats:
- Spring 2022 registrants must complete their projects by May 13, 2022.
- Registration for DE Retreats will re-open for the Fall semester.
If you have questions about these courses, please contact CATL at catl@uwgb.edu. If you have any questions about the approval process, please contact HR at hr@uwgb.edu.
The first course is called Teaching with Technology Basecamp. This course includes information on course development in distance environments as well as technical information on Canvas and the various physical and digital rooms instructors will use for teaching distance education courses. As a basecamp, it will provide the essentials you need to be successful on the path to building your course.
With a few foundational concepts in hand, the second course, called Distance Education Trail Guides, picks up where the first course leaves off. The trail guides course centers on developing learning pathways for students. This course is for you if you would like to explore more systematically how to develop distance education courses. Through Trail Guides, you will develop either a synchronous or asynchronous course.
The second course helps with course development but, as we all know, planning and doing present separate issues.
The third course is offered in Fall and Spring semesters. In Distance Education Retreats, you will participate in a community of practice that provides help and support during the teaching of your distance educations course while also exploring a topic of interest related to your instruction.