Prepare 21st century educators to support teaching learning in online, blended and traditional learning environments everywhere.

1. Improve the effectiveness of online teaching and learning in American schools.
2. Create professional communities supporting improvement of online teaching and learning.
3. Increase understanding of online teaching through educational research and program evaluation.

The effectiveness of online classes depends mostly on instructor’s effectiveness. Many of today’s online instructors still lack the preparation needed to teach effectively online. OTA’s courses provide teachers with the knowledge, skills and dispositions needed to be effective teachers online.

Greg Kearsley, Ph.D. and Bob Blomeyer, Ph.D. have combined careers including more than 50 years of experience designing, developing and building online learning environments and doing research defining “what works.”