COURSE OBJECTIVES:

Upon completion of this course, participants will:

  • understand the foundations of garden-based learning and its benefits
  • explore and identify available resources, case studies, research, and successful school and community-based garden programs
  • utilize logic models to identify program inputs, activities, and desired outcomes
  • use real world tools to practice and develop a garden-based learning program in alignment with program needs
  • build a toolbox of resources and portfolio of program planning, deliverables, and strategies for sustainability
  • utilize strategies to organize a community of volunteers and identify leadership
  • collaborate to build a community of learners and connect with others and utilize various forms of technology for teaching and learning within a distance-learning online course.

By the end of this course, you will become a more confident and knowledgable garden-based learning educator and program organizer, and will connect with and learn from others with the same purpose.


Please read the Course Syllabus next.

 

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