A collaborative certificate between the University of Maine, the University of Maine Farmington, and the University of Southern Maine.

The Graduate Certificate in Computational Thinking for Educators is a 100% online program that prepares educators to integrate computational thinking education strategies into learning environments and understand its cultural and contextual implications.

The program incorporates the International Society of Technology in Education (ISTE) Computational Thinking Competencies standards to engage learners in authentic and active learning. Students in this program will learn how to:

• Improve and expand their practice by understanding the core concepts of computational thinking
• Explore strategies to integrate computational thinking using multiple and effective instructional strategies
• Design, develop, and implement activities to support creative and innovative problem-solving
• Understand the impact of equity and access to computational thinking and computing resources and practices in a global society

Required for the certificate in Computational Thinking for Educators

The following core course is required (3 credits):

  ● EDT 571: Methods of Integrating Inclusive Computational Thinking (3 credits)

Choose two courses from the following (6 credits):

  ● EDT 572: Programming in Multiple Paradigms (3 credits)

  ● EDT 573: Introduction to Web Development and Mobile Application Development

     for Educators (3 credits) This course is still under development

  ● EDT 574: Computational Thinking in Early Childhood and Elementary (3 credits)

  ● EDT 575: Integrating Computational Thinking for Middle and High School (3 credits)

  ● EDT 598: Special Topics (3 credits)*

One of the following electives to complete the 12 credit requirement

  ● EDT 520: Digital Age Teaching and Learning Methods (3 credits)*

  ● EDT 531: Studio in Computing (3 credits)

  ● or one course from the Spatial Information Science and Engineering program (SIE)

*With permission from the Program Advisor or Program Coordinator