Broward Virtual University (BVU) is designed to provide educators with a meaningful academic learning experience as well as the opportunity to participate in staff development training at their convenience. Broward Virtual University provides educators the opportunity to continue their professional development in a variety of categories - The Arts, Science, World Languages, Social Studies, Mathematics and Reading -just to name a few. BVU courses are a viable alternative to after school and weekend training. With Internet access being the only prerequisite, the courses can be accessed anywhere, at any time. Technical support is provided around the clock. The Broward Virtual University website, sbbc-vu.com provides a description of the online courses offered through BVU and answers questions about on-line learning.
The BVU website provides the following information on every course:
Overview
The Overview tab contains a brief description of the course, the length (number of weeks) of the course, the intended audience, and the number of inservice points.
Syllabus
The Syllabus tab contains the weekly schedule of course topics.
Specific Objectives
The Specific Objectives tab contains the learner outcomes for the course.
Inservice
The Inservice tab describes what a participant must successfully complete to receive inservice points for the course.
Implementation
The Implementation tab describes actions to be applied in the classroom upon completion of the course.
Prerequisites
The Prerequisites tab lists courses or skills participants are required to have before taking this course.
Materials
The Materials tab lists required text or supplementary materials that are required to participate in this course.