Can I take my Alternative Certification coursework online?
Illinois State University has the most number of courses
that can be taken online in their alt cert program. ISU has added many
courses online since the survey of Illinois colleges, linked below, was
taken in the spring of 2000. Generally, at present in fall of 2001,
there are not many online options in alt cert programs.
Since these alt cert programs are new, it is based to
contact the universities directly for the most current information.
Results
of a survey of Illinois Colleges offering coursework online
Results
of the Survey of Online Professional Education Courses
A web-based survey was sent by e-mail to all Illinois State Board of
Education approved teacher education programs in early March of 2000. The
survey asked for information on any web-based professional education courses
that the institution was currently offering.
A total of 40 institutions completed the survey online (73% response
rate). Of the 40 institutions, 32 institutions (80%) had no professional
education courses online. Of the eight institutions that indicated that they
had one or more professional education courses online, only three
institutions had courses (total of six courses) that could be clearly linked
to initial teacher preparation with the remaining five institutions having
masters level courses that appear to be for administrator preparation or for
practicing teachers.
The following courses were identified by institutions as being web-based
professional education courses:
Bradley University
ELH 540 Human Growth & Development
Illinois State University
SED 350 Introduction to Visual Disabilities
EAF 410 Research Methods and Statistics
EAF 428 Asynchronous Learning Environments
EAF 228 Social Foundations of Education
Western Illinois University
C&I 403 Middle Level Education
The results of this survey clearly indicate that teacher education
institutions have not utilized the Internet for the delivery of professional
education courses. Further research
is
needed to identify the reasons for this lack of Internet delivery and to
identify ways to increase the use of the Internet for professional education
courses. Early discussions suggest
that this is largely an issue of identifying the proper role of the Internet
in teacher education.
Source: http://www.eiu.edu/~altcert/
Illinois
Alternative Certification Programs