Enroll for $395ARIE Foundations Online
Think Global PBL, built for educators ready to design learning that matters.
Complete ARIE's practitioner-led foundations course at your own pace. Build one rigorous, relevant, authentic, and student-centered project as you progress from standards and ideation through assessment, implementation, and revision.
One-time individual educator enrollment. Course access is linked to the email used at checkout.In brief
What is ARIE Foundations Online?
ARIE Foundations Online is a seven-module, self-paced professional learning course that helps educators design one rigorous, authentic PBL project they can use. It combines 15 practitioner-led videos, applied project development, knowledge checks, a Digital Flipbook, saved progress, translated learning materials, and an ARIE Certificate of Completion.
More than passive professional development
Finish with a project you can use.
Each module combines practitioner video, direct application to your own project, and a five-question knowledge check. Your work and progress are saved securely to your learner account.
To complete each module, submit the project-builder response and earn at least 80 percent on the knowledge check. Complete all seven modules to unlock your personalized ARIE Certificate of Completion.
Course curriculum
From a powerful idea to a classroom-ready project.
- 01Launch: Foundations and the project cycle
- 02Ideation: Standards, authenticity, products, audiences, and driving questions
- 03Rubrics: Content and 21st-century skills
- 04Assessment, scaffolding, and the project calendar
- 05Entry events that create curiosity and a need to know
- 06Project management for people, time, work, space, and resources
- 07Critical Friends feedback, revision, and finalization
Assessment in the course
Design evidence of learning, not just an engaging activity.
Participants learn to align project outcomes with standards, design content and 21st-century skill rubrics, plan formative and curriculum-embedded assessment, make individual learning visible within collaborative work, and build feedback and revision into the project calendar. Student evidence can then guide coaching, instructional improvement, and curriculum refinement.
Explore ARIE's performance-based assessment guideYour enrollment includes
A complete professional learning package.
Choose English, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, French, or Simplified Chinese for the course interface and materials.
Apply every module directly to one complete PBL project.
Knowledge checks confirm understanding and can be retaken.
Return to your secure learner account without losing your work.
Use matching transcripts, subtitles, Digital Flipbooks, project prompts, quizzes, and certificates in the selected language.
Receive a printable localized certificate after completing all requirements.
Video language notice: Videos currently retain their original English audio. Selectable subtitles match the learner's chosen language. Dubbed audio is coming soon.
Free course preview
Experience the practice behind the course.
See the authentic PBL school model that helped shape ARIE's practitioner-led approach, then try a representative design activity and knowledge check.
Strengthen a project idea
Identify one required standard, one authentic problem or challenge, one meaningful audience, and the evidence students must produce to demonstrate individual learning.
What distinguishes PBL from doing a project?
Answer: In PBL, the project drives the learning. Students acquire and apply required knowledge throughout sustained inquiry, feedback, revision, and creation.
Localized ARIE certificate
Complete all seven project-builder responses and earn at least 80 percent on each knowledge check to unlock the printable certificate in the selected course language.
Before you enroll
Course questions, answered.
Who should take ARIE Foundations Online?
The course is designed for teachers, instructional coaches, curriculum specialists, school leaders, university educators, professional learning providers, and others who want a practical foundation in high-quality PBL.
What will participants create?
Participants progressively develop the essential components of one rigorous, authentic, classroom-ready PBL experience and apply every module directly to that work.
How is course completion measured?
Each module requires a project-builder response and a score of at least 80 percent on its knowledge check. Completing all seven modules unlocks the ARIE Certificate of Completion.
Which languages are available?
The interface, captions, transcripts, assessments, project prompts, Digital Flipbooks, and certificates are available in English, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, French, and Simplified Chinese.
Are the videos dubbed?
The videos currently use English audio with selectable captions matching the learner's chosen language. Dubbed audio editions are planned for the future.
Can schools purchase multiple seats?
Yes. ARIE offers customized group and institutional enrollment with individual learner access so progress, assessments, work, and certificates remain personalized.
How does the course address performance-based and authentic assessment?
Participants align evidence to standards, design content and 21st-century skill rubrics, plan formative checks and scaffolds, protect individual accountability, and use feedback and revision to improve project quality.
Individual educator enrollment
Start building learning your students will remember.
Enroll once for the complete seven-module course, all localized learning materials, saved progress, assessments, Digital Flipbook, and certificate.
Group and institutional enrollment
Bring ARIE Foundations Online to your team.
Group and institutional pricing is available for schools, districts, universities, and organizations. Contact ARIE for a customized proposal based on your group size and goals.