MOOC stands for Massive Open Online Courses
These Courses Provide Free Online Learning Opportunities
for you and your staff
for you and your staff
MOOC (Massive Online Open Courses) provide free access to courses at many colleges and universities through online access. Coursera.org is a clearinghouse that provides access to courses, many of which are relevant to the field of after school and expanded learning. The selected courses highlighted here are a small sample of what is available, some of which include certificates of completion.
Stanford University: Child Nutrition and Cooking 2.0
https://www.coursera.org/course/childnutrition
Childhood obesity and healthy eating are issues currently facing children in after school programs. This five week module explores obesity, nutrition, health risks, and how to prepare simple, delicious foods that will help inspire healthy eating habits.
Stanford University: Child Nutrition and Cooking 2.0
https://www.coursera.org/course/childnutrition
Childhood obesity and healthy eating are issues currently facing children in after school programs. This five week module explores obesity, nutrition, health risks, and how to prepare simple, delicious foods that will help inspire healthy eating habits.
Rice University: Inquiry Science Learning: Perspectives and Practices 3 - Science Content Survey
https://www.coursera.org/course/scicontentsurvey
This course focuses on helping teachers explore their own and their students’ misconceptions over a broad array of topics within science and engineering. The hands-on nature of after school programs is the perfect venue for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math). The demands of the new workplace and the ready access to information afforded by new technologies have radically changed the way we define a scientifically literate society.
https://www.coursera.org/course/scicontentsurvey
This course focuses on helping teachers explore their own and their students’ misconceptions over a broad array of topics within science and engineering. The hands-on nature of after school programs is the perfect venue for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math). The demands of the new workplace and the ready access to information afforded by new technologies have radically changed the way we define a scientifically literate society.
Relay Graduate School of Education: Teaching Character and Creating Positive Classrooms
https://www.coursera.org/course/teachingcharacter
This course explores key ideas of positive psychology and shows how great teachers apply those lessons to maximize student engagement and accomplishment. Through lectures, discussions, interviews and footage of educators in action, you’ll learn how to integrate character-based objectives into your own lessons.
https://www.coursera.org/course/teachingcharacter
This course explores key ideas of positive psychology and shows how great teachers apply those lessons to maximize student engagement and accomplishment. Through lectures, discussions, interviews and footage of educators in action, you’ll learn how to integrate character-based objectives into your own lessons.
Museum of Modern Art: Art and Inquiry: Museum Teaching Strategies For Your Classroom
https://www.coursera.org/course/artinquiry
Explore how to integrate works of art into your classroom with inquiry-based teaching methods originally developed for in-gallery museum education. This course is designed to give teachers the tools to create meaningful object-based learning activities that can be integrated into a wide variety of curricula. We'll explore strategies that emphasize literacy, critical thinking skills and that connect across disciplines.
https://www.coursera.org/course/artinquiry
Explore how to integrate works of art into your classroom with inquiry-based teaching methods originally developed for in-gallery museum education. This course is designed to give teachers the tools to create meaningful object-based learning activities that can be integrated into a wide variety of curricula. We'll explore strategies that emphasize literacy, critical thinking skills and that connect across disciplines.
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https://www.coursera.org/courses?orderby=upcoming&lngs=en&cats=education
https://www.coursera.org/courses?orderby=upcoming&lngs=en&cats=education
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