Online Courses for Environmental Professionals
Training professionals in 60+ countries
Since 2015, I have co-developed and taught a number of online courses for professional development of environmental educators, teachers, and environmental organization leaders. These courses, taken by thousands of participants from 60+ countries, include:
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Urban Environmental Education
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Introduction to Environmental Education
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Nature Education
Tips for conducting online courses
How to make online online instruction more effective for participants? Here are some tips based on my experience:
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Encourage participants from different countries to share their own environmental stewardship or teaching ideas
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Use social media groups to foster informal exchange and social learning
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Facilitate social learning by providing frequent feedback on discussion boards and asking participants to provide feedback for each other
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Give participants a choice to select learning materials that truly interest them
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Use a variety of learning materials: recorded lectures, readings, social media discussions, discussion board written assignments, responding to each others' assignments, and live or recorded webinars
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Help participants apply new knowledge to improve their practice