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Gain new teaching tools from museum educators

Professional Certificate in
The Smithsonian Summer Sessions: Teaching with Museum Objects
SmithsonianX

What you will learn

  • Gain expertise from educators from multiple Smithsonian museums through recorded video sessions.
  • Reflect and share ideas with a community of educators via discussion forums.
  • Explore inquiry-based strategies for integrating museum objects and works of art into your teaching, whether in the classroom or online.
  • Learn to use the Smithsonian Learning Lab to curate digital resource collections and share lesson ideas.
Expert instruction
3 skill-building courses
Self-paced
Progress at your own speed
11 months
1 - 2 hours per week
Discounted price: $168.30
Pre-discounted price: $187USD
For the full program experience

Courses in this program

  1. SmithsonianX's The Smithsonian Summer Sessions: Teaching with Museum Objects Professional Certificate

Meet your instructors
from The Smithsonian Institution (SmithsonianX)

Maureen Leary
Candra Flanagan
Abby Pfisterer
Dr. Orlando Serrano
Ashleigh D. Coren
Briana Zavadil White
Elizabeth Dale-Deines
Phoebe Hillemann
Tess Porter
Dr. Philippa Rappoport
Kirsten McNally
Cecilia Vidal
Jessie Aucoin
Anna Fogerson Hindley

Experts from SmithsonianX committed to teaching online learning

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Discounted price: $168.30
Pre-discounted price: $187USD
3 courses in 11 months
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