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UMassONE: Online Nutrition Education Source for Professionals

The UMassONE Source is comprised of online educational courses and seminars for K-12 Teachers, day care providers, nutritionists and dietitians, health educators, college students, foodservice staff, and other health and social service professionals.

With ONE Source, learners can gain nutrition and food safety expertise at their own pace, at any time of day or night. Using the latest technology for group discussions, audiovisual streaming, and question/answer feedback, participants interact with their peers, the instructor, and a question/answer database for communication and feedback. Links to related websites are available for each course and seminar.

Courses for Teachers and Adult Learners

Food Safety FIRST is an online education program designed to help you and your students gain food safety knowledge, safe food handling practices, and critical thinking skills.

Nutrition and Health in the Science Classroom (NUTR 597 D; 3 credits) is designed for teachers and Extension educators with experience in lesson plan design. Students will increase familiarity with Internet nutrition resources, increase knowledge of nutrition science and applications, apply behavior change and learning theories and techniques in personal and field settings, and integrate nutrition science, technology, and experimentation into the classroom. This course satisfies one of the course requirements for the online Masters in Science Education program throught the School of Education.

Cyberseminars for Nutritionists, Dietitians, Foodservice staff, and Health/Social Service Professionals
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Courses for Academic Credit
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