Online Teaching Courses for K-12 Teachers

Free Online Teaching

Meridian Community College is excited to offer local Mississippi resident K-12 teachers their choice of a free Digital Teaching and Learning course for the 2021 summer term (June 1 - July 23). Beginner and intermediate options are available!

This 8-week course will explore online/hybrid teaching tips and best practice use of Google Classroom, Canvas, Zoom, and Microsoft Teams, and review computer concepts, including Microsoft applications such as Word, PowerPoint, and Excel. The beginner course is free, requires no textbook, and will be project-based in lieu of a proctored exam. All participants will need reliable, regular access to the internet, as well as Microsoft Office (Meridian CC provides Office 365 to all students if you do not already have it). Successful completers of the beginner will earn college credit for CSC – 1113 Computer Concepts. It is a three-credit hour, college-level course. 

For teachers interested in Continuing Education Units - this class offers 4.5 CEU's - if interested the cost is $15 for the CEU certification. Successful completers of the beginner course will receive a digital completion badge to send to the Meridian Community College Continuing Education office to process CEUs.

This 8-week course will dive deeper into online/hybrid teaching tips and best practice use of Canvas, how to create sound objectives and outcomes, and how to align them to assessments using Canvas Rubrics and Outcomes. This intermediate course will teach best practices, learning styles, engagement strategies, and pedagogy for facilitating online/hybrid instruction. You will also learn about some external and research-based tools that you can use for teaching using technology. The intermediate course is free, requires no textbook, and will be project-based in lieu of a proctored exam. All participants will need reliable, regular access to the internet, have prior knowledge using Canvas LMS, as well as Microsoft Office (Meridian CC provides Office 365 to all students if you do not already have it). Successful completers of the intermediate will earn college credit for BOT 1213 - Professional Development. It is a three-credit hour, college-level course. 

For teachers interested in Continuing Education Units - this class offers 4.5 CEU's - if interested the cost is $15 for the CEU certification.  Successful completers will receive a digital completion badge to send to the Meridian Community College Continuing Education office to process CEUs.


Steps:
  1. Complete the Digital Teaching and Learning Course Form to reserve your seat. 

  2. Complete and return the Nondegree MCC Admissions Application via email to jrober26@meridiancc.edu (be sure to sign and date your application).

  3. Request an official transcript from your last college/university attended to be sent to MCC Admissions at admissions@meridiancc.edu (official transcripts must come from the college/university directly to MCC admissions). If you enrolled in the beginner offering last year and have not attended college anywhere else since that time, you may use your transcripts from last year. Please verify with MCC Admissions.

Digital teaching and learning Course form

Frequently Asked Questions:

Local Mississippi K12 teachers who are interested in perfecting their online teaching skills, need to complete a college course and/or earn CEUs.

There are no costs for either course. CEU awarding (optional) is $15. Each course is free, requires no textbook, and will be project-based in lieu of a proctored exam. Teachers should choose one course (beginner OR intermediate).

Yes, these are college-level, for-credit, three-hour courses. Each will require weekly submissions in Canvas and work to be completed several times each week. Successful completers of beginner will earn credit for CSC 1113 Computer Concepts. Successful completers of intermediate will earn credit for BOT 1213 Computer Concepts. Course credit will appear on your official Meridian Community College transcript.

Nope! We are here to help you every step of the way. We use a site called Canvas (our learning management system) to deliver content, and the first part of the course is going to help you get used to working in Canvas. We also offer Office 365 for all Meridian CC students if you do not already have a copy.

No, sorry. These two options (choose one) are the only free options available for local K12 teachers who are Mississippi residents.

Yes! We hope you do. Any additional classes will be at regular price.

Your licensure may not permit you to repeat a course, BUT you can still take the class and earn the CEUs for it. Be sure to check with your licensing agency.

 


For more informationFor more information:
Marie Roberts, Ed.D.
Consultant  |  Digital Teaching and Learning
jrober26@meridiancc.edu