For Course Overview and Prerequisite information please review the NOVA College-wide Course Content Summary for the EDU 285 - Teaching Online Program.

Schedule

This is a three-credit course that has been compressed into eight weeks. On a 16-week schedule, your work on it would average about 6-9 hours per week. Since it is compressed into an 8-week schedule, you can expect your work to average about 12-18 hours each week. Because many of the assignments involve discussion and other forms of collaboration, assignments are completed on a weekly schedule, with some mid-week due dates. As such, you will be expected to log into the Blackboard course site frequently each week to stay actively involved in discussion activities and to closely monitor due dates and announcements.

EDU 285 will be offered each Fall and Spring semester.

Registration

Registration is restricted, so you cannot self-register.  You must send a registration request to the ELI Registrar. The procedure differs depending on how you will pay for the course. Free tuition is available for full-time NOVA faculty and for adjunct NOVA faculty who have taught at least two semesters and will teach the semester they take EDU 285.

How to register if you are paying the tuition yourself

1. Apply for admission to NOVA as a student (http://www.nvcc.edu/admissions/apply/index.html).
2. After you are admitted, send your NOVA student id and request for registration in EDU 285 to Jayne Townend, ELI Registrar (jtownend@nvcc.edu, 703-323-3523).
3. Pay your tuition as soon as you are registered.

How to register if you are requesting free tuition (NOVA faculty only)

1. Confirm that you qualify for free tuition by consulting NOVA’s tuition assistance policy:
   NOVA web site > Faculty & Staff > Human Resources > Professional Development > Faculty Tuition Assistance Policy.
2. Submit an Employee Educational Assistance Request form (Form 105-43) to HR.
3. Apply for admission to NOVA as a student (http://www.nvcc.edu/admissions/apply/index.html).
4. After you are admitted, send your request for registration in EDU 285, your NOVA student id, and a copy of your HR-approved Form 105-43 to Jayne Townend, ELI Registrar (jtownend@nvcc.edu, 703-323-3523).

For Course Objective information please review the NOVA College-wide Course Content Summary for the EDU 285 - Teaching Online Program.

There are no proctored exams in this course.

Last Updated: March 24, 2016