--- title: Certified Faculty Developer (CFD) designation now offered online! description: LERN in announcing the agenda for the 2013 Certified Faculty Developer Online course. image: https://blog.lern.com/hs-fs/file-16553049-jpg/images/college_students.jpg --- [LERN Club Sign-In](http://beta.lern.org/club/) [![lern-logo.png](https://blog.lern.com/hubfs/June-folder/lern-logo.png "lern-logo.png")](http://lern.org) ** # Articles # Certified Faculty Developer (CFD) designation now offered online! Mon, Dec 03,2012 @ 01:24 PM by Suzanne Kart | ![certified faculty developer](https://blog.lern.com/hs-fs/file-16553049-jpg/images/college_students.jpg?width=283&height=189&name=college_students.jpg)LERN in announcing the agenda for the 2013 Certified Faculty Developer Online course. The course, which begins Feb. 11 online, offers you the most sophisticated training in the field. Plus, you receive the CFD designation you deserve. The goal of LERN’s Faculty Developer certification is to prepare faculty developers to assist faculty in improving instructional quality at their institutions. Upon certification, faculty developers will: - Identify current trends and issues that need to be addressed by faculty development programs. - Be aware of the latest innovations and best practices in instructional strategies. - Be apprised of emerging technological advances. - Understand the needs and characteristics of today’s learners. - Be able to address the changing role and needs of faculty. Click here to get a pdf of the [Certified Faculty Developer brochure](https://blog.lern.com/hs-fs/file-16579852-pdf/docs/cfd_v5.pdf) - or find information [here ](http://www.teachingonthenet.org/certified_faculty_dev/index.html)online. [![Download the first chapter of Pedagogy o](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/119076/484c16fd-db46-4014-859c-d6868797ab0c.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/119076/484c16fd-db46-4014-859c-d6868797ab0c)       ### LATEST NEWS Video: How to Get the Most From a LERN Membership LERN Video - The LERN Program Review: Position Your Unit for Success LERN Cancellation Rates and New Programs: A Lesson From Netflix Kathryn Lynch-Morin Ready for Liftoff: Drones and Drone Courses are More Popular Than Ever Kathryn Lynch-Morin Working with the University of Nebraska - Omaha LERN [Tweets by @LernUpdates](https://twitter.com/LernUpdates) [LERN Club Sign-In](http://beta.lern.org/club/)