What are eeCourses?
eeCourses provide online, flexible, and ongoing professional development opportunities for formal and non-formal educators. Each course is intended to build key competencies and skills in a particular subject or focus area.
Courses require a total time commitment of 8-15 hours and operate asynchronously via Moodle, although some include synchronous components. eeCourses include a variety of tasks and assignments that are thoughtfully designed to engage participants in active learning experiences. Each eeCourse will include a suggested timeline to encourage timely completion of assignments.
eeCourses are moderated by 1-2 professionals in the field. Course Moderators will provide feedback and grades for all submitted assignments and they will be available to answer questions regarding tasks or assignments.
Courses are offered on a Spring, Summer, and Fall term calendar. You can register for multiple eeCourses in a particular term with the expectation that all work associated with those courses will be completed within a given term.
NACEE's eeCourse 2025 Schedule
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Spring eeCourses: March 15 - May 15, 2025
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Summer eeCourses: June 14 - August 14, 2025
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Fall eeCourses: September 13 - November 13, 2025
About eeCourses:
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Made up of modules, with a variety of learning experiences
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Benchmark/summative submissions (eeCourse journal reflections designed to demonstrate competency and increase retention)
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Discrete knowledge/competency gained
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Capstone project designed to meet the needs of your current work/professional settings
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eeCourse Certificate awarded upon completion
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Access to rich resource library related to eeCourse topic
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Can stand alone if not building on the experience of another course/prerequisite
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~12-15 hours time commitment over the course of 8 weeks
NACEE Member? Please follow this link, https://nacee.springly.org/contacts/login, to login to your NACEE Membership BEFORE registering for the course.
Not a member? An annual NACEE Professional Membership is $30, click the following link to learn more or become a member: https://www.nacee.org/membership
Registration for eeCourses closes one day before they begin.
For questions, please contact: Amber Schiltz at admin@nacee.org
Available eeCourses
Online Self-Paced 8 Week eeCourse
Are you looking to build your background knowledge and skills in improving human and community wellness through environmental education? The Nature & Human Wellness eeCourse is designed to provide educators with a foundation of the knowledge, theories, and interdisciplinary research on the important link between nature and human wellness, and introduce you to the science of our interconnection with the natural world.
Through this online self-paced course, learn strategies and advocacy tools created to help empower you to leverage nature’s positive impact on learning and wellness, and drive positive changes in education policies and practices.
This 8-week course is designed to require 12-15 hours of active participation and work and is made up of 4 modules including:
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Module 1: Course Introduction
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Module 2: Biological Foundations to Nature & Human Interconnection
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Module 3: Impact of Nature on Human Health & Development
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Module 4: Leveraging our Interconnection: Strategies & Implementation
Hear what previous participants have said about the course:
"It's so exciting to see more education being offered around the essential connections between humans and nature. Environmental educators of every stripe can benefit from the lessons shared in this course. I gained a greater understanding of why and how nature connection matters for humans and all life. This benefits me personally but also helps me offer new layers of education and meaning in future programming."
Don’t miss this opportunity to empower yourself and your community! Click to register now!
Registration
NACEE Members: $99
Non-NACEE Members: $149
Limited Registration to 15 participants
To register please click below:
Online Self-Paced 8 Week eeCourse
Do you want to learn new strategies for successful outdoor learning like managing students, adapting for weather, and using technology outdoors? Do you want support in making the case to your school or parents for taking students outside to learn?
This online, self-paced course is designed to equip educators with the knowledge, skills, tools and resources to take environmental education learning outdoors. Over the 8-week course term, participants will explore resources, videos, and complete assignments in which they will:
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Articulate a case and include at least five research/evidence-based benefits of teaching outdoors.
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Have a working definition and be able to provide examples of what outdoor learning is for you as a teacher.
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Identify potential barriers for your students and articulate ways to minimize or eliminate those barriers.
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Identify and assess at least five outdoor learning opportunities for your students.
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Express the who, what and how of strategies for gaining the necessary support for your short, medium and long term outdoor learning goals and/or projects.
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Identify strategies for successful outdoor learning which include overall strategies, management of students, adapting for weather and using technology outdoors.
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Compare and contrast the learning environments of an indoor classroom space and outdoor learning space to more effectively teach outdoors.
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Complete an outdoor learning plan which includes goals and objectives, getting support, inclusion, classroom management, location(s), curriculum connections, weather, safety and necessary materials
Registration
NACEE Members: $99
Non-NACEE Members: $149
Limited Registration to 15 participants
To register please click below:
Online Self-Paced 8 Week eeCourse
Are you looking to build your background knowledge and skills in environmental education best practices? Are you a supervisor looking for training opportunities for new or seasonal staff?
This self-paced online course is designed to provide educators with the background knowledge and skills necessary to ground future instruction in environmental education. This is an 8-week course designed to take approximately 12-15 hours to complete.
During this time, participants will complete five modules with content and assignments that cover:
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The history, definition and purpose of EE.
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Examples and ideas for EE learning environments that are thoughtfully designed, safe, and aligned with best practices in the field.
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Creating inclusive EE programs.
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Selecting, adapting, and/or developing effective educational materials based on established principles for EE materials.
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Selecting and implementing appropriate environmental education instructional strategies.
Although learning is self paced, there is a suggested timeline of completion for each module.
Registration
NACEE Members: $99
Non-NACEE Members: $149
Limited Registration to 15 participants
To register please click below:
Online Self-Paced 8 Week eeCourse
This course is an introductory overview designed to spark interest in further learning around how environmental educators can more intentionally and respectfully incorporate Indigenous traditional ways of knowing into environmental and outdoor learning.
This course is designed to provide a strong foundation in Traditional Ecological Knowledge and ways of knowing. Through four modules, which incorporate a variety of readings, videos, and other interactive activities, you will:
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Identify some of the opportunities and challenges in using TEK to address environmental challenges.
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Develop your personal guidelines for integrating principles of TEK in your teaching which honor, acknowledge and care take TEK and Indigenous people.
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Compare and Contrast Traditional Ecological Knowledge & Ways of Knowing with Western Science & Ways of Knowing
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Support your students in developing relationships with the world around them.
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Teach a lesson or a unit which integrates TEK knowledge and/or practices with your students.
This 8-week course is designed to require 12-15 hours of active participation and work and is made up of 4 modules including:
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Module 1: What is Traditional Ecological Knowledge?
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Module 2: Comparing Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Western Science
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Module 3: Learning Through Observational Science
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Module 4: Designing Your Teaching Plan
Although learning is self paced, there is a suggested timeline of completion for each module. Additionally, participants will be required to attend at least one 1-hour online discussion with fellow eeCourse participants to share ideas, reflections on course materials, and/or their final course project. Three options will be provided when the course begins and participants will select one or more to attend.
Registration
NACEE Members: $99
Non-NACEE Members: $149
Limited Registration to 15 participants
To register please click below: