eeCourse: Teaching & Learning Outdoors

Description: This eeCourse is designed to equip educators with the knowledge, skills, tools, and resources to take environmental education learning outdoors. This eeCourse provides an introduction to environmental education; strategies to support outdoor learning like managing students, adapting for weather, and using technology outdoors; and ideas on how to integrate teaching and learning outdoors into your classrooms, homeschool classrooms, and programs.

Timing: This roughly 6-week course takes approximately 15 hours to complete. The course runs from July 10 through August 26, 2026. If the timing doesn't work for your schedule, we plan to offer this again in the future. 

Format: This is an asynchronous online course.

• All activities must be completed independently on your own time/schedule within the 6-week timeframe. 

• We will provide a suggested timeline and periodic reminders to encourage the timely completion of assignments. While we want to be flexible, we also want these learning experiences to be meaningful and we think timely and periodic work in the course will benefit participants more than trying to complete coursework at the last minute.

• Coursework includes watching videos, reading articles, posting on public forums and Padlet boards, and writing/recording personal reflections.

• The course is managed through Moodle - participants will be sent an invitation to access the course on the start date. 

• Participants will receive a certificate of completion after completing the course. 

The course is moderated by Jasjeet Dhanota, AEOE's Communications and Relationships Manager and a former science educator.

One graduate unit is available upon completion of the course (the unit costs $79 and is purchased separately from University of San Diego). Note that you must also submit a certificate of competition in order to receive your transcript.