Online Learning Overview: What the course environment is like. For Development Professionals Worldwide. Create your own personal field course by interweaving online assignments with your work. Develop projects from the ground up, learn management, attract donors and have fun collaborating with colleagues from around the globe. People from 70 different countries have used these courses to develop projects. Our ten most popular courses:

101. From the Ground Up: August 3 - September 27 and August 31 - October 25. Designing Community-Centered Projects with Sustainable Solutions. Gain an insight into contemporary methods of developing community-centered, impact-oriented projects. Gain practical field tools and develop a range of skills: facilitating participatory needs assessments, designing projects, and evidence-based activities. Develop a real project in real time.

102. Project Architecture: Planning for Impact. September 14 - October 25, and October 12 - November 22. Imbed impact into your project design with a powerful set of management tools. LogFrames, detailed budgets, timelines, compelling fact sheets, M&E plans, outcomes and impact. These tools will communicate to donors and stakeholders exactly what you are trying to accomplish and can be used for effective management of the project once funded.

Community-Centered Adaptation to Climate Change. We observed in our online courses that 50% of student projects were working to solve problems linked to climate change. In response we have developed a Module of 4 courses where students develop projects on the ground that focus on adapting to climate change. For practitioners who wish to begin working now at the community level to successfully adapt to the challenges that face us.

303. Food Security, Nutrition and Home Gardens 1. 8 Weeks: July 6 - August 30.
What is Food Security? What is good nutrition? What garden activities show evidence of supporting them? Learn: What works, how to introduce food gardens to communities, how to conduct a baseline survey, and how to implement a 12-month family garden project.

304. Food Security, Nutrition and Home Gardens 2. 8 Weeks: September 14 - November 8.
How do you care for and maintain a food garden? How do you control pests? What happens if you have desert soil - or a shortage of water? Learn how to combine garden produce with daily staples to prepare nutritious meals that contain vitamins A, C and D. Learn how to plan a better garden for next season.

141. Getting the Job Done: Your Organization’s Vision, Expertise, & Performance. Organizing for increased impact. The course output will be a Strategic Action Plan that will paint a good picture of where you are now, where you want to go and what practical actions you can take today for getting there.

142. From Local Actor to International Professional. Aligning your organization to the world of impact. We will define impact, learn why it is important, and investigate what is working in development and under what circumstances. Discover the value of using global resources for your programming models and evidence-based field interventions.