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Course Description

Gaming is something many young people are interested in, and using their interest to promote team building, collaboration, and engagement can help them learn in a new way. That’s where esports comes in – coaching an esports team can create an opportunity to get K-12 students involved in a team setting in a new way and get students involved and engaged. In this course, you’ll be learning about how to start an esports program, whether that’s a school, community center, or another organization, as well as the foundational knowledge you need to coach an esports team.

Is This Course For You?

This course was designed for educators, coaches, community leaders, and esports enthusiasts with at least a high school reading and writing level and an interest in esports. You don’t need to be a gamer to take this course – all you need is an open mind to understand the benefits of esports for engaging youth, fostering competitive gameplay, and applying learned skills to the workforce. Whether you work in the education industry, for a community organization, or are just an esports enthusiast interested in learning how to become an esports coach, this course will help you gain the foundational skills and techniques you need to become an effective esports coach.

What You’ll Learn

The Core Fundamentals of Esports course will provide you with an introduction to the fundamentals of the esports industry. You will explore the diverse aspects of esports, including game genres, player development, team management, and more. You will also learn what goes into establishing an esports program, such as how to create a budget for the program, the basics of setting up an esports lab, how to determine a personnel structure, how to analyze the effectiveness of the program, and more. You’ll walk away from the course with the knowledge of what goes into creating an esports program as well as the first steps you need to take to establish a program at a school or other organization.

How You’ll Learn

This twelve week course is fully online with synchronous sessions that include lectures, discussions, practice exercises, and more. Throughout these discussions and lectures as well as your work outside of class time, you’ll be working towards your culminating final project: a preliminary strategy for establishing an esports program. This final project will require you to apply the knowledge and skills you learned in this course in order to create an effective strategy, including a budget outline, personnel structure, and more.

Skills You Walk Away With

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • Describe the esports industry, game dynamics, tactics, and strategy development.
  • Explain the educational benefits of esports, including skill development and personal growth.
  • Develop an initial strategy for an esports program, including a budget outline, basic esports lab setup, and identifying personnel structure.
  • Analyze the key components of esports and how they can help an organization’s engagement and growth strategies.

Applies Towards the Following Certificates

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