Virtual High School Global Consortium is proud to provide professional development courses approved by the NEA Academy. This course has been peer reviewed by the Content and Quality Review Board. The mission of the Content and Quality Review Board is to ensure that every professional development experience offered through the NEA Academy is of the highest quality. The Board screens suggestions for new programs, reviews potential
course offerings for inclusion in the Academy curriculum, and offers guidance on the development of NEA-produced courses.
Online Extended Teaching |
Course Overview:
A hybrid course combines face-to-face instruction and web-or computer-based learning. Common features of hybrid courses will be explored, including the delivery of the syllabus, effective online lectures, readings and assignments on web pages; discussions and presentations through online message boards, e-mail and chat; interactive tutorials and labs; and on-line assessments. By taking advantage of online-extended instruction, less in-class time can be spent on mundane tasks, and more time can be spent on collaborative, flexible and meaningful activities that incorporate all student learning styles.
In this six-week course, teachers determine what aspects of their course are best suited to presentation online, create new approaches to communicating with students and create active independent learning experiences for students. Using computer-based technologies, instructors use the hybrid model to redesign some lecture or lab content into new online learning activities, such as case studies, tutorials, self-testing exercises, simulations, and online group collaborations.
Who Should Attend?
This series is appropriate for:
- Teachers who want to effectively utilize a hybrid model of instruction, using online components to supplement the face-to-face experience of their students
- Curriculum specialists who want to understand the critical success elements of hybrid teaching models
- Administrators who want to experience first-hand the power of online learning while determining their own district’s online professional development needs.
What Will You Learn?
Participants attending this course will:
- Explore and reflect on ways to make the transition from a web-extended classroom to a hybrid classroom
- Design hybrid learning activities that promote active learning and thinking
- Initiate the design process for a hybrid course, and redesign existing course materials to develop hybrid course modules.
Participation Requirements & Graduate Credit:
Best Practices in Online Teaching and Learning courses are 6-week courses taken entirely over the Internet. Courses move forward on a weekly schedule, and there is a minimum of 8-10 hours of in-class activities per week with additional time for reading, projects, and exploration. Each course is eligible for three graduate credits for an additional fee. For details on pricing, options, and course numbers, see the VHS Graduate Credit Overview.
Session Dates & Pricing
Sessions for 21st Century Teaching Best Practices: Online Extended Teaching will be offered
Tuition is $275 per course for non-members and $175 for member schools. For more information about pricing and to learn about PD Package Pricing please visit, Professional Development Pricing page or contact a VHS representative at 978-897-1900 x 3 for more information.
Register today for Online Extended Teaching or the complete Best Practices series.