Agriculture eLearning Development - Certificate

The Agriculture eLearning Development Certificate is an innovative program that prepares students with the unique knowledge and skills required to develop sophisticated eLearning courses and training programs for their Ag disciplines. Students will gain a substantive foundation of learning theory, adult education, instructional design, and computer programming from an eLearning perspective.

The program includes a capstone experience to solidify skills and enhance the graduate experience.  The capstone experience will be tailored to individual student needs in consultation with a member of the certificate committee. Examples of appropriate activities include, but are not limited to:  development of a web page, development and delivery of online courses, or course design for training programs and/or learning units.

This certificate requires the completion of 12 credit hours and may be completed as: 1) Part of a degree program or 2) by applying as a certificate option only (non-degree status). When completed as part of a degree program or as a certificate option only (non-degree status), the student will need to apply for graduation to have the certificate recognized and transcripted. 

This program is also approved for delivery via asynchronous distance education technology.

For more information about the eLearning certificate, visit the ALEC Certificate website