Online K-12 Engineering Certificate Program
Posted on May 31st, 2017 by Mary Lord
Do you consider teachers to be “doctors of learning?” The faculty at Tufts University’s Center for Engineering Education and Outreach do. And they have just launched an Online K-12 Engineering Education (OKEE) Certificate Program to empower K-12 educators to bring hands-on engineering to their students.
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