This crash course provides adult educators with a foundational understanding of the role of the instructor in distance education and remote facilitation strategies. Participants will learn the key principles of “involved instruction”, explore how those principles inform the role of the instructor in distance education, and understand effective strategies for facilitation from a distance. By the end of the course, educators will be equipped to test out these teaching strategies in their online courses in a thoughtful, strategic manner. Upon completion of this course, you will receive the Crash Course: Distance Education Facilitation digital badge.
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Estimated Completion Time: 30 minutes
This course is part of the IDEAL Consortium Crash Course Series. IDEAL Crash Courses are self-paced, multimedia introductory courses that take approximately thirty minutes to complete.Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)The Teaching with Generative AI crash course is a bite-sized learning experience that shows you some way that adult educators leverage GenAI tools. Across three short sections, you will explore what GenAI is, different types of GenAI tools, and some ideas for making use of them. The course culminates with optional “Try It!” challenges at beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels.
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Estimated Completion Time: 30 minutes
This course is part of the IDEAL Consortium Crash Course Series. IDEAL Crash Courses are self-paced, multimedia introductory courses that take approximately thirty minutes to complete.Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)This crash course provides adult educators with a foundational understanding of educational technology (edtech) and its integration into teaching practices. Participants will learn to define edtech, explore various examples, and understand effective strategies for integrating technology into their instructional routines. By the end of this course, educators will be equipped to identify key considerations and set out on their journey of thoughtful, strategic edtech integration.
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Estimated Completion Time: 30 minutes
This course is part of the IDEAL Consortium Crash Course Series. IDEAL Crash Courses are self-paced, multimedia introductory courses that take approximately thirty minutes to complete.Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)Designed as a microlearning course, this free online offering provides strategies and resources that are essential for both setting up and implementing distance education or teaching with a blended approach.
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This self-paced course identifies the types of supports that adult learners need to be truly prepared for college and careers. It introduces the core functions and responsibilities of a Navigator, such as coordinating and providing services that supplement academic instruction – which have been found to aid student persistence and success. It also introduces the core competencies of effective Navigators, advising approaches and styles, and Navigator program design elements to consider.
Estimated Completion Time: 3 hours
Completion Requirements: Read the presented materials and successfully complete the quiz to be able to download your Certificate of Completion.
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This course introduces participants to essential information about Open Educational Resources (OER), including key definitions, examples, and reflective activities presented in multimedia format. The goal of the course is for teachers to understand the benefits of using OER, know where to find them, and how to evaluate them. View an excerpt from Introduction to Open Educational Resources here.
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Estimated Completion Time: 3 hours
Introduction to Open Educational Resources is part of the IDEAL Consortium Special Topics Series. IDEAL Special Topics courses are self-paced, multimedia introductory courses that take approximately three hours to complete.
Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)In this course, you will have the opportunity to consider the intersection of social justice and adult education and to identify concrete steps that you can take to implement classroom activities that will help students understand underlying social issues and how to advocate for themselves and their communities. This course is free, but participants need to have access to either an online or paper copy of The Change Agent to complete activities. Get a digital copy here.
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Estimated Completion Time: 5 hours
Completion Requirements: Complete readings, watch a webinar recording, and share your ideas in forums to earn a Certificate of Completion and course badge.
This course was developed by Leah Peterson.