Facilitators use a practitioner's approach to teach practical applications of the seminar materials. Furthermore, LitTeacher seminars ensure constant contact and interaction with instructors and other seminar participants through e-mail, electronic bulletin boards, and online chats. With the release of LitTeacher, PBS LiteracyLink has made staff development convenient as well. Everything needed for each seminar is online. No books, no videos.
All instruction takes place online.
Pre-registration for seminars can even be completed online. All that is required is a computer with an Internet connection and browser software such as Netscape or Internet Explorer, version 4.0 or higher. Over the next two years, PBS LiteracyLink will introduce three additional LitTeacher online professional development certificate programs. Like Certificate A, each will take 15 weeks to complete, and each will comprise three five-week seminars. Registration will soon open for Certificate Program B, Coordinating Technology Use in Adult Learning Organizations.