OLC Certification program

The OLC Certificate Program represents the highest level of online teaching certification available to UHD faculty. Leverage your background and proficiencies as an educator to become a more effective online/digital teaching & learning professional.

About the Certificates

The BASIC (TRADITIONAL) CERTIFICATE is composed of a 10-week foundational course and 3 workshop electives (with several program dates to choose from). To qualify, applicants must have at least one year of online teaching experience plus completion of the OLC workshop “New to Online: The Essentials, Part 1, Getting Started” as offered through the CTLE. Additional pre-requisites for those with less than one year of online teaching experience include two additional workshops (New to Online: Essentials Part 2, Converting Your Course and New to Online: Essentials Part 3, Course Design Basics).

The ADVANCED CERTIFICATE is composed of 12-week workshop designed to help experienced online faculty fine-tune existing courses. To qualify, applicants must have at least 3 or more years of online teaching experience or have completed OLC’s basic certification through the CTLE and taught one year online.

The CTLE will cover the registration cost for the full certification ($1,499) and a stipend of $500 upon receipt of the completion certificate. Typically, we have funding to award up to five Professional Development Grants for certification per year.

The application process is competitive, and it is open to all UHD faculty (full-time and adjunct alike). Follow the links below to learn more and apply:

SUBMITTING PROPOSALS

APPLICATION DEADLINE: CALL FOR PROPOSALS: bit.ly/CTLEOLCGrant LEARN MORE: bit.ly/OLCcert

Additional links to consult as you complete your application (for informational purposes only: ignore pricing information, as we cover that on our end, do not attempt to enroll yourself unless you have another source of funding for enrollment fees):

OLC Traditional (Basic) Certification & OLC Advanced Certification: onlinelearningconsortium.org/learn/teaching-certificates/

OLC Workshops (pre-requisites & electives for the traditional certificate): onlinelearningconsortium.org/learn/workshops/