The Master Online Teacher certificate is a comprehensive faculty development
program based upon the MVCR series of online faculty development courses.
This program recognizes and certifies faculty, staff, and administrators who
achieve a measurable level of knowledge related to online course design,
online instruction, and other issues related to online teaching and learning.
Who Should Enroll in this Program
The Master Online Teacher certificate is designed for faculty,
administrators, and staff members interested in making online teaching
an important part of
their academic careers, or who wish to take a leadership role in online
learning at their institutions. The breadth of certificate awardees continually
grows
Benefits of the Program
Many faculty teaching online courses today have no experience or formal training
in online instruction, and their courses do not exploit the strengths of the
online medium. Individuals who complete the certificate program understand
the capabilities of current technologies for online teaching and learning,
and as a result, are able to design pedagogically sound and highly engaging
online content, learning activities, and student assessments.
Certificate Requirements
In order to earn the Master Online Teaching certificate, a student
must successfully complete four core courses, one elective course, and
the online teaching practicum.
All courses must be taken before the Practicum, although the elective
course may be taken concurrently.
The core courses are:
- Online Learning: An Overview
- Technology Tools for Online Learning OR Encouraging
Communication in Online Courses (One of these courses must be taken.
If both are taken, the second one will count as your elective.)
- Instructional Design for Online Course Development
- Student Assessment in Online Courses
- Practicum
Elective courses available at the present time include:
- Copyright and Intellectual Property Issues for Online Course Development
- Issues and Strategies for Faculty Training
- Web Design Principles for Online Educators
- Encouraging Communication in Online Courses Technology OR Technology
Tools for Online Learning
Although the courses can be taken independently and in any order, it
is strongly recommended that the Overview course be taken as the first
course
in the series. The order of the courses in the list above is an example
of a logical sequence for a faculty member new to teaching with technology,
but
participants may choose a different order depending on their entry-level
skills.
In order to earn the certificate, participants must have completed the required
course work and demonstrated knowledge in the following areas related to online
teaching and learning:
- Roles of faculty in online courses
- Roles of students in online courses
- Communications in online courses
- Collaborative nature of online courses
- Available technologies for delivering online courses
- Methods of assessment for online courses
- Learning outcomes in online courses
- Learning activities in online courses
- Evaluation of online courses
- The projects required to complete each course provide an electronic
portfolio that demonstrates knowledge in the areas
identified as most important to quality
online teaching.
 See
course descriptions
The Practicum
The Practicum is the final course in the certificate program. Practicum participants
will work with a small group of peers and one MVCR instructor to develop or
improve an online course.
During the Practicum, individuals demonstrate their practical knowledge of
online course design and creation by incorporating appropriate roles for faculty
and students, choosing technology suitable to the audience, creating and assigning
effective summative and formative online assessments, demonstrating the communicative
nature of online courses, and following sound online design principles. Practicum
participants are expected to produce a series of written documents or presentations
that describe in detail how they have defined and implemented the goals described
above, and how their course has developed based on what they have learned
by taking the required and elective MVCR courses.
The Practicum is intended to be flexible and participants with ideas for
individualized projects are encouraged to contact the MVCR staff.
Receiving the Master Online Teacher certificate
After successfully completing the six MVCR courses, participants will receive
a certificate from the Illinois Online Network at the University of Illinois,
a national leader in online education, indicating that they are qualified
as a Master Online Teacher. To earn the certificate, participants must take
four core courses, an elective course, complete all assigned work, receive
a minimum score of 80% in each course and successfully complete the Practicum. Even if you have taken all of the MOT MVCR classes for credit throught UIS, the MOT is still a non-credit certificate.
How to Enroll in the certificate Program
To enroll in the certificate program, you must first have a MyMVCR account.
If you do not have an account or have forgotten your account information,
go to the MyMVCR page. Instructions on creating an account or getting an account
reminder are given on that page.
After creating a MyMVCR account, login and go to the MyMVCR
page. To enroll in the certificate program, click "Enroll in the Program" and follow
the instructions provided. The next time you visit the MyMVCR page, it will
read "You are enrolled in the MOT Certificate Program."
In order to help individuals complete the program as efficiently as possible,
those who have enrolled will receive priority placement in all open MVCR sections.
As always, if you have any questions about the certificate or how to enroll,
feel free to contact MVCR.
PLEASE NOTE: Students enrolled in the MOT Certificate Program still must
register for individual MVCR Courses.
Course Registration Fees
Your course fee depends on the
status of the institution where you are employed. Those on the faculty or
staff of ION member
institutions (community colleges in Illinois and the University of Illinois)
receive substantial discounts toward their course fees. Please view the Schedule and click on a section link to view
the fee structure for a specific course.
If you plan to pursue the entire Master Online Teacher certificate, contact ION (mvcr-info@uillinois.edu) for information about prepaying your full MOT registration fees.
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