Online Teaching Certificate (OTC): Spring 2021
  • Type Certification
  • Level Foundational
  • Time Weeks
  • Cost Free

Online Teaching Certificate (OTC): Spring 2021

Issued by Stony Brook University

This badge is awarded for completion of an online teaching workshop offered in Spring 2021 by the Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching at Stony Brook University for faculty teaching online. The workshops give participants an overview of theory and practices in online teaching with readings, videos, discussions, and activities, to aid in developing new online courses or converting existing face to face courses.

  • Type Certification
  • Level Foundational
  • Time Weeks
  • Cost Free

Skills

Earning Criteria

  • The earner completed an online teaching workshop, in preparation to teach an online course, by earning the appropriate amount of points in the workshop. This was based on assessments such as VoiceThread and discussion board interactions related to theory and challenges in online teaching, reflecting on the course syllabus, developing learning objectives and an assessment plan, creating a strategy to build engagement and community in an online course, and completing a self-assessment.