Engaging and award-winning online courses from PLATO Learning are the foundation for an effective online learning program. This solution provides a comprehensive 4 x 4 offering of courses based on standards and national best practices. These courses accommodate below-grade, on-grade, and/or above-grade instruction by providing districts and school a way to reach multiple learners within a wide variety of learning environments. PLATO Learning provides semester-long courses on a range of core and elective subjects, with a curriculum structure built around discrete learning objectives.

PLATO Learning courses are designed to explicitly incorporate multiple levels of rigor within an integrated online learning environment. Each PLATO online course incorporates basic and higher levels of learning and is aligned to common core, state, and national standards within specific relevance dimensions to create 21st century online courses.

For an overview of our instructional design methodology, see our pedagogy page.

Our online courses solutions can be effectively used in on-site, blended, or completely virtual learning environments. As a solution for virtual environments, we developed vCourses, taking our proven curriculum and optimizing it specifically for virtual programs. With a streamlined workflow and engaging and intuitive user interfaces, vCourses gets your virtual learning program up and running quickly and easily. With vCourses there is an efficient way to offer effective virtual courses. It’s what your students, and their families, have come to expect.