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Intro to Online Course Facilitation, 6-12

  • 60
  • Pedagogical Practices
  • 12 hrs
  • Self-Paced
  • 12 SCECHs
  • Credit Type: SCECH
Enroll in this course

Have you been considering becoming a full-time or part-time teacher for online classes? This self-led course will give you all of the necessary information and tools to become a successful online course facilitator for grades 6-12. You will be able to build your capacity to teach online by learning strategies to engage students, manage your time, and stay organized as well as grow your resume as a prospective online instructor.

In this course, you will:

  • Analyze the implications of the history, policy, and research behind online learning for today’s online facilitator,
  • Explain how secondary students learn and what this means for online learning,
  • Recognize the basic technical acumen required of a 6-12 online course facilitator,
  • Identify online facilitation plans that reflect key elements and priorities of 6-12 online course facilitation, and
  • Compare national instructional design frameworks and their influence on online facilitation.

SCECHs Granted

12

Who should take this course?

Teacher

What grade level(s) does this course apply to?

High School
Middle School
Post-Secondary

Course Vendor

Michigan Virtual

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Limited Course Capacity

We’re sorry to inform you that we have reached capacity for several of our Semester 1 and Trimester 1 courses. You’ll notice when attempting to enroll students in our Student Learning Portal that some courses are unavailable. While we are no longer accepting new enrollments for these courses at this time, many courses continue to remain open for enrollment.

With many students across the state 100% remote, demand for our online courses is greater than ever before. Because every course we offer is taught by a Michigan-certified teacher, this high volume of enrollments has created capacity issues for our teachers who provide each and every student with individual feedback.

While the Michigan Virtual team anticipated and planned for significant increases in student enrollments this Fall, the increased demand we’ve experienced has been unprecedented. As a result, we are taking steps to hire even more part-and full-time teachers to support larger numbers of student enrollments for Semester 2 as well as for Trimester 2 and 3. 

For schools that still need online learning options this year, please fill out the form at the bottom of our virtual pathways page to meet with someone to discuss other solutions. While some of our teacher-led courses are full, we may still have the capacity to help you in upcoming terms or can discuss timing to implement a whole-school or collaborative program in which local teachers from your school/district use our online course content to teach students. We also have free course content and resources available for you to use.

We know this is an incredibly stressful time for all, and we’re sorry if the courses you’re looking for are unavailable. We never want to turn away a student who wants to learn from us. Our top concern, however, is student success, and we have a policy to not take on additional enrollments if we cannot guarantee that all students will have a quality online learning experience. 

We appreciate your patience and understanding as we navigate the unusually high volume of enrollments we are receiving.