Hawai'i State DOE • Blended Learning 2.0: Tech & AI Strategies for Modern Classrooms • 3 Credits • UMass Global
Course Fee: $65 (normally $165) + Optional Credit Fee: $210 = $275
🎉 10-Year Celebration Rate!
Mahalo for trusting us with your PD needs — we've proudly supported Hawai‘i State DOE educators for 10 years!
🎓 Special Anniversary Pricing:
- ✅ Registration Fee: $65 (normally $165)
Instant access to your online classroom - ✅ UMass Global Credit Fee: $210 ($70/credit)
Feel free to pay later, even after course completion - ✅ Total Cost: $275 for the course and 3 graduate-level credits
- ✅ Finish anytime — 100% Self-Paced & Online
🎁 $100 savings automatically applied — no code needed!
🚀 Get started today for just $65
Pay for PD credits later when you need them!
Course Description:
Ready to modernize your classroom and engage your students like never before? This self-paced, quiz-based online course helps PK-12 educators harness the power of blended learning, technology integration, and AI tools to create dynamic, student-centered environments that allow more time for you to support students who need it the most. Learn how to personalize instruction, leverage the power of student agency, ensure tech equity and accessibility, implement Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles, and more — while building a future-ready classroom that intrinsically motivates every type of student.
What You’ll Learn:
- Blended Learning Models: Explore multiple models including station rotation, flipped classroom, and flex approaches — choose what works best for your students and classroom environment.
- Technology Integration: Discover best practices for combining tech with traditional instruction to support engagement, differentiation, and student agency, along with dozens of state-of-the-art tech and AI resources.
- AI in Education: Learn how to ethically and effectively use popular AI tools to streamline instruction, support personalized learning, and improve student outcomes.
Why Educators Love This Course:
- Interactive and Engaging Content: Enjoy bite-sized videos, real-life examples, and multimedia activities — no lengthy written assignments!
- Flexible Learning: Complete the course anytime, anywhere, at your own pace.
- Actionable Strategies: Walk away with practical tools, ideas, web apps for education, and other resources you can use immediately —whether you teach in-person, online, or hybrid.
Transform Your Classroom Today:
This course is designed to equip teachers with the mindset and tools to bring modern blended learning to life. Whether you're just beginning your tech journey or looking to level up your blended practice, these research-backed strategies and classroom-tested tools will spark student curiosity, motivation, and achievement.
Enroll Today:
Don’t miss this opportunity to transform your teaching and create a more flexible, engaged classroom. Join us today and earn graduate-level credits while future-proofing your instruction!
Self-Paced, Quiz-Based, and Completely Online
Forget portfolios or lengthy written assignments — this is stress-free professional learning designed with YOU in mind. With no start dates and no due dates, you can begin and finish the course whenever it’s convenient. You don’t need to be working with students to complete it, and there are no scheduled meetings. The course is 100% self-paced and self-guided — so you can work whenever and wherever it fits your life.
🌎 This course is offered nationwide!
Open to educators, counselors, social workers, school staff, and professionals from all fields who need graduate-level university credits for salary advancement, license renewal, professional learning, or continuing education.
Special Information for Hawai‘i DOE Educators:
- ✔ This course provides 3 graduate-level university credits, which can be used in place of Learnsoft-issued (formerly PDE3) credits for HIDOE salary step movement and reclassification.
- ✔ Credits are issued by UMass Global or CSU Pueblo (depending on the course), and are accepted by HIDOE.
- ✔ No Learnsoft submission required — coursework is reviewed by our instructors.
✶ Important for HIDOE educators: Before starting, simply obtain verbal approval from your principal. When you’re ready to apply your credits, submit the signed
200-005 Form along with your transcript to the HIDOE Reclassification Unit.
💡 You may also qualify for reimbursement via the
HawaiiUSA Professional Support Stipend, available annually beginning each January.
🔗 For official HIDOE reclassification policy and university credit usage, see the HIDOE Guidelines for Reclassification.
To enroll in this course:
Start by completing the $165 registration using the banner link at the top of this page. That will create your For Teachers By Teachers (FTBT) account and give you immediate access to the online classroom. You can begin anytime and work at your own pace.
✶ Want 3 Graduate-Level University Credits through UMass Global?
Inside the classroom, you’ll find simple step-by-step instructions for UMass Global’s separate $210 credit registration process ($70 per credit). Everything you need — including the direct link, course code, and payment instructions — will be available after you enroll. You're welcome to wait until you've completed the course to make this payment.
University credit issued by UMass Global – a regionally accredited university partner.
Your Course Instructor
For Teachers By Teachers is a highly dedicated team of licensed educators with professional certifications across grades PK–12. Our areas of expertise include Special Education, Childhood Education, Art Education, and Reading Specialist certifications.
Collectively, our course authors and instructors bring more than 20 years of experience in the field of education. We are passionate about empowering teachers and have contributed meaningfully to school communities in Hawai‘i, New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont, and Ohio.
Our mission is to support your professional growth with flexible, high-quality online courses designed by teachers—for teachers. If you have any questions or need support, don’t hesitate to contact us at [email protected]. We’re here to help!