"So good we signed up 90 teachers."
- Dr. Jane Brailsford, Lexington County School District 1, SC

The Internet is changing how your students learn, and how you teach. Half of all learning in the 21 st century will be online.

This is an exciting time in education. We’ll show you how to help your students learn online and how the Internet can enhance and supplement your classroom teaching.

Especially designed for K-12 teachers and administrators, this one week online course will tell you:

• How the Internet is changing how we learn.
• How online learning prepares your students for the
  workplace of the Information Age.
• How the structure of knowledge is changing.
• The new role for the classroom teacher.

Learn from one of the world’s foremost authorities on learning and teaching online. Network with your colleagues and share ideas from your own experiences.

Come away with a better understanding of how public school education can help prepare students for the workplace of the 21^st century.

Here's how it works.

After you register, you will be given a username and password and web site address so you can log-into our online classroom.

All you need is a) to be able to access the Internet and b) Real Audio, a plug-in software you can download for free. You can get Real Audio by going to http://www.real.com

We recommend you spend around one hour a day online in the course. After you register, you will receive further instructions via email about how the course works.

Here's what you do online.

Here’s what you do to participate in the online course:

1. Read approximately 10-20 pages from the readings each day.

2. Listen anytime to the daily 15 minute lecture.

3. Ask the instructor questions in the discussion area.

4. Discuss your ideas and thoughts with your colleagues in the discussion area.

Agenda.

Day One - How the Internet is Changing How We Learn
Day Two - Learning Online
Day Three - Helping students learn online
Day Four - The changing role of the teacher
Day Five - How education is changing

Fee.

The fee for the course is $135 ( US$ ). 

Group Rates.

Register more than 10 participants the price is just $125 a person, with a check or credit card.  To get these special group rates, call us @ 800-678-5376.

How to register.

You can register in several ways:

1. You can register online by clicking 'To register' on the middle-left side of this page. We accept credit cards and have a secure server for online registration.
2. You can call 1-800-678-5376 weekdays 8-5 Central time.
3. You can mail a check to LERN, P.O. Box 9, River Falls, WI. 54022

Refund / Substitution Policy

If you find you cannot attend, substitutions are accepted if made not less than 8 days prior to the first day of the course. Refunds, less $20 for handling, are available when received in writing 20 days before the course. A full voucher/credit towards the next offering is always available.

Changes and substitutions are $20 each.

Sponsorship / Advisory Board

"K -12 On the Net" is sponsored by the Learning Resources Network (LERN), the leading association in lifelong learning. For more information about LERN, go to http://www.lern.org. 

We look forward to having you in our next online course. Just click here to register online.

A number of K-12 administrators and university professors advise “K-12 On the Net.” They include:

• Jan Wahl
  San Diego (CA) State University (Chair)
  
  
• Phyllis Lentz
  Florida Online Consortium, Orlando
  
  
• Bill Muirhead
  Alberta Online Consortium, Edmonton
  
  
• Juli Garton
  West Allis, WI
  
  
• Kris Diener
  Waukesha (WI) School District
  
  
• Louis Loeffler
  New Berlin (WI) Public Schools
  
  
• Paul Montgomery
  British Columbia Distance Education Schools, Merritt
  
  
• Kristin Hokanson
  Sisters of Notre Dame, Everett, MA

Your instructor is one of the foremost authorities in the world on teaching online. Click here for more information on William A. Draves and what people say about him.