Professional Development - Online Learning

Facing History and Ourselves online seminars, workshops and webinars are powerful learning experiences that explore our themes and pedagogy:

1. Online Seminars (seven to eight weeks) engage participants in a variety of activities, including reading materials, viewing video clips, creating journal entries, and participating in online facilitated discussion forums. Participants are expected to complete approximately four hours of work each week at their own pace. A graduate credit option is available for our online seminars. We also offer a limited number of scholarships based on need.

2. Online Workshops (one to two weeks) are rich learning experiences on a variety of resources and themes. Like our online seminars, the workshops are facilitated by experienced Facing History staff and offer participants strategies and ideas on bringing our materials into their classrooms. Participants are expected to complete approximately two to four hours of work during the workshop.

3. Online Self-Paced Workshops (ongoing) allow you to work at your own pace. Unlike the one- to two-week online workshops or our online seminars, you might not be proceeding through the self-paced workshop on a specific schedule with a specific group of participants. Finding the time to complete the approximately four hours of activities is entirely up to you. Facilitators will be on hand to monitor the message boards and review your journal entries, which you submit when you have completed the workshop.

For more information and a complete list of Facing History’s online self-paced workshops, click here.

4. Webinars (one to two hours) are live, interactive, facilitated online learning events. Features such as two-way audio, multi-point video, interactive whiteboard, application and desktop sharing, rich media, and breakout rooms allow Facing History staff and scholars to engage with participants with the benefits of a traditional classroom in a virtual setting. All sessions are recorded for those who cannot attend the live event.

Questions? Visit our Frequently Asked Questions page, or e-mail us.

Testimonials
"This course has been emotionally challenging and intellectually stimulating. It has pushed me to redirect many of my personal and professional goals. It has begun a change in who I am as a person, which will inevitably transform what I do in my classroom."—Middle School Teacher, Phoenix, Arizona

"From the beginning to end of this course, it has been valuable to hear, see, and read the voices of the individuals that became a part of history on every level. There are people and actions and choices behind each historical (and present day) event we witness."—High school Teacher, New York City, New York

"The course was a fantastic meal that I am still digesting. Most poignant for me is my own realization of the power that an individual can have in shaping and changing events."—University Professor, Nishinomiya, Hyogo-ken, Japan