Online Courses

VESi

Virtual Education Software, Inc.

Ed2Go

Non-credit short courses

Watson College of Education

The Swain Center works with the Watson College of Education to offer continuing education units, certification, and specific skill training. Contact us today!

Educators

Affordable. Self-paced. Convenient

The Swain Center offers a diverse selection of online courses that are facilitated by experienced instructors from our vendors VESi and Ed2Go. Our online courses are affordable, fun, fast, convenient and geared for teachers with busy lifestyles.

VESi

Virtual Education Software, Inc. provides self-paced professional development courses for teachers with an emphasis on student behavior.  Qualifying for continuing education units (CEUs) is the key driver for student enrollment.  The Office of Professional Education has worked with VESi since 2007 in conjunction with UNCW’s Watson College of Education. The Top 5 VESi courses for Education (2007-10) were Reading Fundamentals, Behavior is Language, Autism & Asperger's Disorder, Learning Disabilities, and Attention Deficit Disorder. Course prices vary.

Ed2Go

Ed2Go provides students with courses that can meet job requirements or lead to personal growth in a convenient and self-paced way.  The Ed2Go course delivery system has been used at UNCW since 2002 for its online non-credit short courses.  These courses can serve as an introduction to higher education and connect students to the university without requiring registering as a for-credit student.  Because UNCW is considered a vendor for Ed2Go, we are able to offer these courses at a very low rates. The Ed2Go online test prep is offered at a cost of $89 for six weeks. 

Watson College of Education Professional Development System

Partners in the Watson College’s Professional Development System work collaboratively to define appropriate and effective preparation needs. Extensive dialogue with colleagues across partnership districts and charter schools affords opportunities to make important connections to learning and teaching. Because we believe that a strong learning community is built upon a model of life-long professional growth, we have made professional development for all partners an integral component of our PDS.