UIS offers professional development courses with industry partners. Whether you're looking for personal enrichment or professional development our partners offer a wide range of topics, from business and technology to healthcare and other fields.

Professional Development Courses
Cannabis Education Certificate Programs

ION Professional eLearning provides professional development programs and support to advance the practice and innovation of online learning for faculty, staff, and online leaders. ION also offers courses in accessibility and open educational resources that can be used by traditional faculty, staff, and education leaders.Universities, community colleges, secondary schools, businesses, and agencies can all find valuable opportunities to enhance their professional development.

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Advanced AI
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Advanced Instructional Design Principles
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AI for Secondary Education
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AI: The Future of Learning
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Creating Accessible Documents
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Creating Accessible Documents for Business and Agencies
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Creating Accessible Videos
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Creating Accessible Videos for Business and Agencies
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Creating and Sharing OERs
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Cultural Responsiveness in the Online Classroom
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Digital Accessibility for Businesses and Agencies Certificate
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Digital Accessibility for Educators Certificate (DAE)
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Digital Technology for Online Leaders
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Effective Teaching and Learning Strategies
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Encouraging Communication in Online Courses
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External Advocacy and Professionalism for Online Leaders
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Faculty and Student Support
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Faculty Support for Online Leaders
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Foundations of Accessibility for Educators
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Foundations of Open Education Resources
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Hybrid, Blended and HyFlex Design and Delivery Approaches (Previously Blended Learning)
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Instructional Design for Online Course Development
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Interactive & Immersive Technologies in Online Learning (Previously Sims, Labs and Multimedia)
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Internal Advocacy for Online Leaders
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Legal Landscape of Digital Accessibility
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Master Online Facilitator Course for Professionals
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Master Online Leader & Administrator Certificate
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Master Online Teacher Certificate
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Micro Certificates
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Open Educational Resources for Instruction Certificate
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Overview of Online Instruction
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Practicum for Master Online Teacher
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Quality Assurance & Accountability in Online Learning
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Student Assessment in Online Courses
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Student Support for Online Leaders
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Universal Design Principles for Online Learning
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Using Open Education Resources to Support Instruction