Online Courses » Course Catalog
This is the complete list of all currently available LEARN NC online courses. For further details on each course, click on course headings. Please note that not all courses are open for enrollment at all times.
- Accessibility, Usability and Visual Design - Carolina Online Teacher Program
- Learn how the placement of information on web pages, the size and intensity of graphics, and even the color of your text can become a powerful tool for communicating meaning to students in the online world. (Learn more)
- Adolescent Literacy for Middle Grades (formerly Reading in the Content Area for Middle School Teachers)
- Acquire strategies for teaching reading in all middle school curriculum areas. You'll learn how to help students unlock text to become more strategic readers. (Learn more)
- Developed by Julie Joslin and Traci Barger.
- Adolescent Literacy: English Language Arts Comprehension Strategies
- Boost student achievement by increasing your students' literacy skills. You'll learn the methods to improve your students' reading comprehension with the convenience and flexibility only possible in an online course. (Learn more)
- Developed by Shayne Goodrum.
- Adolescent Literacy: Mathematics Comprehension Strategies
- Mathematics teachers, like all educators, bear a responsibility to prepare students to become engaged and informed citizens. That preparation must include direct instruction in how to develop the reading skills that will help them achieve higher in mathematics--and in life. (Learn more)
- Developed by Traci Barger, Sharon Nash, Grayling Williams, and and Bobby Hobgood.
- Adolescent Literacy: Science Comprehension Strategies
- Boost student reading comprehension in the sciences. Science Comprehension Strategies will provide you with language literacy strategies to strengthen students' achievement in science as well as reading. (Learn more)
- Developed by Darlene Ryan.
- Adolescent Literacy: Social Studies Comprehension Strategies
- The ability to read and comprehend information is crucial to understanding society around us, as well as making decisions and defending one’s views and opinions. Help your students develop the reading skills that will help them achieve higher in social studies--and in life (Learn more)
- Developed by Traci Barger.
- African American History to 1950
- Examine African American history in the contexts of United States, North Carolina and world history. Assignments draw from a wealth of classroom-oriented primary sources, including slave testimonies, photographs, oral histories, and more. (Learn more)
- Developed by Dr. Kathryn Walbert.
- Take this course: An offering of this course is scheduled to begin on February 2.
- American Indians in North Carolina
- Explore the experiences of American Indians in North Carolina from the period before European colonization through the present, including a look at primary sources and present-day controversies. (Learn more)
- Developed by Kathryn Walbert.
- Provider: North Carolina Department of Public Instruction
- Take this course: An offering of this course is scheduled to begin on May 26.
- American Indians in the United States
- Discover American Indian history from the earliest evidence of human habitation through the present day. Archaeological finds, treaties, oral histories, photographs, and more will enrich your exploration of Native American history nationwide. (Learn more)
- Developed by Kathryn Walbert.
- Take this course: An offering of this course is scheduled to begin on April 7.
- Assessment and Evaluation in Your Online Course - Carolina Online Teacher Program
- Plan and create engaging online activities and assessments. This course provides a collection of resources and exercises that define the unique assessment process of online courses. You’ll gain the tools to create activities that ensure students meet your online learning objectives. (Learn more)
- Developed by Alese Smith & Raymond Rose.
- Take this course: Offerings of this course are scheduled to begin on January 20., March 23., and May 25.
- Beginning Teacher Success
- Start your teaching career knowing LEARN NC is here to support you. Learn to manage your classroom, develop effective lesson plans, and incorporate course activities and assignments into your individual teaching style. (Learn more)
- Developed by Ann Bullock.
- Biodiversity in Your Backyard
- Designed especially for teachers of elementary-aged students, this course will expand your life science content knowledge with material aligned to the NC Standard Course of Study. You will have two classrooms during this course– this interactive, online classroom and your own backyard! (Learn more)
- Developed by Denise Young and Catherine MacAllister.
- Provider: The Morehead Planetarium
- Take this course: An offering of this course is scheduled to begin on March 30.
- The Civil Rights Movement in Context
- Investigate the precursors to the Civil Rights Movement, its leadership, its opposition, and its legacy, including lesser-studied events of the movement and primary sources. (Learn more)
- Developed by Kathryn Walbert.
- Provider: North Carolina Department of Public Instruction
- Take this course: An offering of this course is scheduled to begin on February 16.
- Collaboration and Teaching in a Virtual World - Carolina Online Teacher Program
- Immerse yourself in a three-dimensional learning landscape. You’ll explore the online world known as Second Life, learning its communication systems, avatar creation, and how it can enhance student collaboration. (Learn more)
- Take this course: An offering of this course is scheduled to begin on February 11.
- Content Area Reading Comprehension (K–8)
- Improve your students' reading comprehension in the content areas. Theories of reading comprehension, critical thinking processes, engagement, and strategy instruction will be linked to best practices in content-area reading and writing instruction. (Learn more)
- Developed by Kathleen Cali.
- A Crash Course in ESL
- Grasp pedagogy, policy and procedure for teaching and working with English language learners. "A Crash Course in ESL" will prepare you to work with ESL parents and create a welcoming environment for ESL students. This course provides a concise overview of strategies and best practices for all teachers, administrators, and support staff working with English language learners. (Learn more)
- Developed by Carrie Hill.
- Take this course: Offerings of this course are scheduled to begin on January 28., February 25., March 25., April 15., May 6., and May 27.
- Teach this course: This course is available to be taught by qualified instructors.
- A Crash Course in ESL for Administrators
- Grasp pedagogy, policy and procedure for teaching and working with English language learners. "A Crash Course in ESL" will prepare you to work with ESL parents and create a welcoming environment for ESL students. This course provides a concise overview of strategies and best practices for administrators working with English language learners. (Learn more)
- Developed by Carrie Hill.
- Take this course: An offering of this course is scheduled to begin on April 21.
- Crossing Cultures: An Introduction to Cross-Cultural Understanding
- Increase your effectiveness in interacting with people of different cultures By using intercultural theories, including a cultural value framework, you will gain a greater awareness of your own cultural background, as well as acquire tools to interact appropriately and effectively with people from a variety of cultures. (Learn more)
- Take this course: An offering of this course is scheduled to begin on May 13.
- Develop and Teach Online Courses
- This course covers the basics of developing an effective online course. Learners will create and evaluate their own materials as they make their first transition from a traditional classroom to the digital one. (Learn more)
- Developed by Alese Smith, Adria Kempner, and Marlo Gaddis.
- Developing Your Online Course - Carolina Online Teacher Program
- Build your own online course from scratch, or revise one of ours. Developing Your Online Course teaches you the design and development strategies you need to create your course online. This five-week online course follows Teaching Online Courses (Formerly DATOC I) and prepares educators interested in implementing online courses into their K-12 or professional development offerings. (Learn more)
- Developed by Adria Kempner.
- Take this course: Offerings of this course are scheduled to begin on April 28. and June 9.
