ISDM - Landscape Architecture Continuing Education Online Courses

Debunking Myths About Urban Trees and Soils - 2023

Campus Planning - 2022

High Resolution Hydrography and Hydrologic Modeling- 2022

Coastal Wetlands: Everglades Case Study- 2022

Inclusive Design at Universities: Common Errors and Best Practices- 2022

Environmental Ethics 1: Foundations and Considerations- 2022

Art in the Landscape: Socially and Ecologically Engaged Practice in Action- 2022

Intro to Architecture and Artificial Intelligence- 2022

Disturbance Ecology- 2022

Design & Nature 1- 2022

Art in the Landscape- 2022

Complete Streets: Improving Safety and Choices for All- 2022

Environmental Policy and Regulations: It's Effect on Landscape Stewardship, Programs and Design- 2022

Identifying Trees by Bark and Buds- 2022

Clean Energy Connections - 2022

Green Roofs and Living Walls- 2022

Avian Migration- 2022

Designing Sustainable Desert Community - 2022

Hydrology Case Studies using Hydrographic Data- 2022

Coastal Ecology- 2022

Designing Streets to Enhance Community - City of Seattle - 2022

Coastal Wetlands: Everglades Case Study- 2022

High Resolution Hydrography and Hydrologic Modeling- 2022

Climate Change Impacts on Migratory Ungulates in Wyoming - 2022

Architect Africa Lecture- 2022

Case Study: Gardens by the Bay - Singapore- 2022

Biodiversity as a Metric of Ecosystem Resilience to Climate Change- 2022

Climate Change Impacts on Migratory Ungulates in Wyoming- 2022

Designing Sustainable Desert Community - 2022

Biochar: An Emerging Tool for Improving the Health and Survivability of Urban Trees- 2022

Bike and Pedestrian Issues in Transportation Planning- 2022

Floating Options - Creative Adoptions for Cities- 2022

Cleveland Public Square: Use of Design to Revitalize a Downtown Through Connecting People to the Place and Each Other- 2022

Case Study: Green School- Bali - 2022

Designing Sustainable Desert Community - 2022

ASLA Award Winner: Willamette Falls Riverwalk: A Preservation Case Study - 2022

Development of Environmental Flow Decision Support Systems for Water Management: A Case Study on the Regulated Upper Delaware River - 2022

Designing Sustainable Desert Community - 2022

Hydrology Case Studies using Hydrographic Data- 2022

Biochar: An Emerging Tool for Improving the Health and Survivability of Urban Trees- 2022

Bike and Pedestrian Issues in Transportation Planning- 2022

Floating Options - Creative Adoptions for Cities- 2022

Cleveland Public Square: Use of Design to Revitalize a Downtown Through Connecting People to the Place and Each Other- 2022

Case Study: Green School- Bali - 2022

Design & Nature 2: Permaculture, Theoretical Ecology & Sustainability- 2022

Designing Streets to Enhance Community - City of Seattle - 2022

Inclusive Design at Universities: Common Errors and Best Practices- 2022

Bees and Trees- 2022

Coastal Wetlands: Everglades Case Study- 2022

High Resolution Hydrography and Hydrologic Modeling- 2022

Bears Ears: The Cedar Mesa Building Murals Project- 2022

Climate Change Impacts on Migratory Ungulates in Wyoming - 2022

ASLA Award Winner: Shoemaker Green- 2022

ASLA Award Winner: Sunance Square Plaza- 2022

Campus Planning - 2022

2010 ADA Standards: Event Spaces - 2022

2010 ADA Standards: Event Spaces - 2022

Designing Urban Infrastructure: Investing for Now or Tomorrow? - 2022

ASLA Award Winner: Willamette Falls Riverwalk: A Preservation Case Study - 2022

Case Study: Green School- Bali - 2022

Cleveland Public Square: Use of Design to Revitalize a Downtown Through Connecting People to the Place and Each Other - 2022

Floating Options - Creative Adoptions for Cities - 2022

Bike and Pedestrian Issues in Transportation Planning - 2022

Biochar: An Emerging Tool for Improving the Health and Survivability of Urban Trees - 2022

Hydrology Research and Assessment in the Southeastern U.S. - 2022

Hydrology Case Studies using Hydrographic Data - 2022

Gila River Flow Needs Assessment - 2022

Climate Change in the Pacific Northwest - 2022

Energy Efficient Infrastructure for More Resilient Local Economies - 2022

Development of Environmental Flow Decision Support Systems for Water Management: A Case Study on the Regulated Upper Delaware River - 2022

Climate Change Effects on Fisheries in the Great Lakes - 2022

Debunking Myths About Urban Trees and Soils - 2022

Biodiversity as a Metric of Ecosystem Resilience to Climate Change - 2022

Designing Sustainable Desert Community - 2022

Biodiversity: Importance, Values, Problem, and Solutions - 2022

Fabric-Formed Concrete Structures - 2022

Environmental Pollution - 2022

Cultural Ecology - 2022

A Geomorphic Perspective on Restoring the Rio Grande and the Colorado River - 2022

Ecological Design Concepts - 2022

Environmental Ethics 2: The Ethical Dimensions of Sustainable Design - 2022

Case Study: British Columbia Forests and Emission Reduction - 2022

Development of Environmental Flow Decision Support Systems for Water Management: A Case Study on the Regulated Upper Delaware River - 2022

ASLA Award Winner: Sundance Square Plaza - 2022

Three Design Issues That Impact Long-Term Health of Urban Trees - 2022

Understanding Design and Natural Disasters - 2022

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Learn AutoCad - Introduction

Tree spacing, sizing the tree opening, and water harvesting are discussed as three design issues that impact the long-term health of urban trees.This webinar will discuss the biological and arboriculture basis for understanding the requirements an...

Landscape Conservation & Planning Tools

Tree spacing, sizing the tree opening, and water harvesting are discussed as three design issues that impact the long-term health of urban trees.This webinar will discuss the biological and arboriculture basis for understanding the requirements an...

Land Subsidence

Tree spacing, sizing the tree opening, and water harvesting are discussed as three design issues that impact the long-term health of urban trees.This webinar will discuss the biological and arboriculture basis for understanding the requirements an...

ASLA Award Winner: Willamette Falls Riverwalk: A Preservation Case Study

Intro to Architecture and Artificial Intelligence

Architect Africa Lecture

Arthur Ross Terrace and Garden: A Design Talk - 2022

Climate Change Impacts on Migratory Ungulates in Wyoming

Populating New Transit Coridors - 2022

Pahs Coal Tar - 2022

NHDPlus High Resolution

High Resolution Hydrography and Hydrologic Modeling

Bees and Trees

Inclusive Design at Universities: Common Errors and Best Practices

In light of numerous lawsuits related to non-compliance with accessibility codes and standards, many universities have had to make modifications and policy changes. Based on our experience conducting university accessibility audits and providing e...

Designing Streets to Enhance Community - City of Seattle

Seattle's streets account for 27 percent of the city's land. They provide both vital transportation and utility linkages necessary for the city to grow and thrive. The design of these streets can enhance community connections that improve economic...

NRCS 9 step Planning Process: Design Alternatives

This course talks about planning and anticipating the design and management of the land, particularly with focus on managed agricultural landscapes. Further discussed is the Alternative Futures Project, where two or more alternatives are considere...

Case Study: British Columbia Forests and Emission Reduction

British Columbia's forests and forestry products have a large impact on provincial emissions, through both their ability to store and release carbon into the atmosphere. This course discusses the opportunities to manage forests and wood products w...

Urban Zoology: Coyotes

Coyote: Trickster, Teacher and CallConnections between Coyote Culture and EcologyThis session will introduce you to the Coyote in terms of Biology, Mythology, Range, Habitat and Implication. We will also explore new resources that may help you neg...

Urban Zoology: Crows

This session covers the most widely recognized ancient texts and mythical history related to Crow Culture, as well as the top researchers and theorists in the field of Crow Ecology and design in relation to urban ecosystems. This course contains a...

What's Trending Now in Landscape Architecture #1-2015

This webinar discusses seven of the top trending topics in Landscape Architecture in 2015 including: Creating Urban Wildlife Habitats, Green Roofs, Vertical Gardens, Water Conservation, Solar Power, Recycled Materials, and Urban Agriculture. These...

Design & Nature 2: Permaculture, Theoretical Ecology & Sustainability

This session will introduce participants to several ancient design practices by investigating agriculture specifically the current permaculture movement, and the indigenous practices it draws from. Participants will explore the design principles o...

Disturbance Ecology

Fire, flood, earthquake, and the like are categorized as major disturbances that create strong impact on the ecosystems. In this course, participants will learn about the various types of disturbances that have major effects on the ecosystems and ...

Design & Nature 1

This session will introduce participants to the more relevant and yet mysterious elements of architecture and the architecture of life; specifically Sacred Geometry, Biomimicry and Ecomimicry. I will then introduce some lesser known architects, de...

Environmental Ethics 1: Foundations and Considerations

This session will introduce participants to the field of Environmental Ethics from key starting points in environmental literature, feminist studies, new animism and social justice.We will cover the links between sustainability, justice, welfare, ...

Environmental Ethics 2: The Ethical Dimensions of Sustainable Design

This session will provide participants with a review of Environmental Ethics in terms of three major field theories: ecofeminism, deep ecology and new animism. We will look at the practical links between government policy, social justice, environm...

Lighting: Introduction to Lighting Sources

This webinar will provide an introduction to various electric light sources. It will discuss the various lamp types, luminaires, lighting ballasts, and lighting controls. A discussion on types of lighting controls will discuss sustainable design c...

Art in the Landscape: Socially and Ecologically Engaged Practice in Action

This session reviews current theories surrounding socially and ecologically engaged and remedial art making, as well as introduces new artists and designers, materials and processes in artwork that aims to effect the landscape it is made in relati...

Environmental Policy and Regulations: It's Effect on Landscape Stewardship, Programs and Design

This session will provide participants with a brief history of US Environmental policy and regulations, as well as an overview of the changing goals and definitions of "Landscape Sustainability" since 1970.We will discuss performance-based Environ...

Art in the Landscape

This session covers the current theories that surround socially and ecologically engaged and remedial art making; meaning art that aims to effect the landscape it is made in relation to, as well as motivations for and assertions about this genre o...

Coastal Ecology

The Coastal Ecology course explores the biotic and abiotic factors that affect coastal communities. This course explores the main coastal habitat types in depth with physical factors, tropic levels, and the flora and fauna that inhabit these ecosy...

Renewable Energy

This webinar will provide an introduction to renewable energy technologies and their applications in the built environment. Participants will gain an understanding of the different types of renewable energy technologies and their characteristics. ...

Lighting: The Science of Light

This webinar will provide an introduction to the science of lighting. It will discuss the nature and behavior of light, describe how our vision works, and explain terminology and standards of measurement that are need to communicate information ab...

Stream Smart Series

This course, Stream Smart Series, is a collection of video presentations that provides: An overview of the stream assessment field work needed when designing a Stream Smart culvert and covers how to conduct a longitudinal profile, cross section a...

Spatial and Temporal Characteristics

This course discusses both the spatial and temporal characteristics of landscape including time-scale and size scale elements, the degree of complexity of habitats that affect overall species diversity at different spatial and temporal scales, and...

Intentions and Outcomes of Placemaking

This course discusses the evaluation and impact in creative placemaking as it tries to answer two basic questions: what are you trying to change and how do you now the change has been carried out?In this course, five panelists share stories that e...

Complete Streets: Improving Safety and Choices for All

More than 500 jurisdictions at the local, regional, and state levels are now using Complete Streets policies to plan, construct and operate streets that safely accommodate all users -- including transit riders, bicyclists, pedestrians of all ages ...

Tools to Help Writing Specifications of Planting, Soil, Irrigation, and Tree Preservation

This webinar will discuss the changes to the previous available specifications for planting, irrigation, soil, and tree preservation and the role of the landscape architect in the documentation process. This is based on the latest research for wri...

Sustainable Design: Net Zero Middle School

This course focuses on the Net Zero Project, the processes involved, and its significance in creating a school environment designed and constructed to produce as much energy on site as it consumed from the electric grid, electricity and gas bills ...

Sensors and Sensor Fundamentals

Technology is not just for the design process, but is becoming an integrative part of Landscape Architecture Design. Sensors represent a tremendous opportunity to augment sustainable design and behavior for environmental monitoring. They can be us...

Merging Science and Design to Create New Tree Environments

This webinar discusses design collaboration where each team member brings skills to the table but the process is open for each person to comment on others contributions and each person is open to changing their opinions and design in response to t...

Outcomes and Perspectives of Ecological Restoration

Restoration ecology used to be an integrated study with ecology until it became a separate filed in the 80s. Basically, Restoration Ecology is about restoring and/or renewing damaged and degraded ecosystems through human intervention, but there is...

Tree Preservation in Dense Urban Environments

This webinar will give attendees an understanding of tree preservation dynamics through understanding 10 critical points in the process. The 10 points discussed are: politics, budget, design team skills and motivation, right tree, site conditions...

Introduction to Hydrologic Processes

This course aims to educate participants about hydrological cycle and hydrological processes and how they relate with landscape. Discussed are the topics of infiltration, evapo-transpiration, and runoff, the fundamental stream processes (i.e., se...

Identifying Trees by Bark and Buds

This course not only lets you learn about botanical terminologies but also inspires you to work with what you have, whether it be twigs and buds, bark, or fruit. Most importantly, this course allows you to identify and understand trees and the pro...

Specifying and Selecting Quality Nursery Stock

This webinar discusses how to specify and select quality nursery stock. This is one of the most critical aspects when putting a tree in the urban environment. This webinar will discuss different problems below the soil line, not just what you see...

Lighting: Architectural Painting with Light

This webinar will explore the art of non-functional exterior architectural lighting in creating dynamic and engaging hardscape spaces. It will review and range of lighting design considerations and technologies to allow practitioners to "paint wit...

Green Roofs and Living Walls

This webinar will provide an introduction to green roof and living wall technologies employed in modern sustainable building projects around the world. Participants will gain an understanding of green roof and wall types, landscape design consider...

Ecological Design Concepts

This introductory course discusses how to implement ecological design concepts in various landscapes. Environmental considerations that need to be taken into account with every project are covered. From ecosystem resilience to carbon sequestration...

Outdoor Lighting: Safety, Security and Ambiance

Outdoor lighting provides practical benefits for safety and security but can also be used to create ambiance to enhance the use of outdoor urban environments. This webinar will provide an overview of outdoor lighting applications including landsca...

Clean Energy Connections

Nature has become a foundation in recent progress and development when it comes creating sustainable communities and enhancing the people's quality of living. Many buildings and infrastructure are learning to use clean energy to address climate ch...

Technology Fixes for Climate Change

Climate change has spawned its very own science-fiction (sci-fi) sub-genre - cli-fi - which explores techno-fixes as much as doomsday scenarios. Some of the imagined solutions are seriously off the planet, but not all techno-fixes are purely ficti...

Trail Switchbacks: Planning, Construction and Maintenance

Mountain trails prove very important for a lot of individuals who frequent hills or mountains for their recreational activities. Because it has become part of the lives of many, especially in mountainous areas, trail maintenance has also become ne...

Introduction to Restoration Ecology

In this course, Dr. Sean Anderson, CSU – Channel Islands, talks about the ecological restoration theories, restoration projects he has worked on over the years around the world, approaches, challenges, and concepts. This course also hopes to shed ...

National Land Cover Database 2011: Status and Plans

This course discusses the current status of NLCD 2011 (National Land Cover Database 2011), the future plans, and its application examples. The presenters provide information on the purpose of NLCD and its roles in restoring landscapes and creating...

Soil Quality and Soils-Landscape Relationship

Soils reflect the primary climatological, geological, biological, and topographical conditions. The properties of the soil that regulate water and gas exchange with the atmosphere and influence plant growth have important effects on the environmen...

A Geomorphic Perspective on Restoring the Rio Grande and the Colorado River

This course lets you explore the Southwest US and Northern Mexico rivers, their physical attributes – germophology and sediment transportation – and how they can be considered in the development of environmental flows. Focusing on the Rio Grande R...

Cultural Ecology

This course discusses the core concept of cultural ecology through case studies and history. It discusses how climate affects culture, the technology that connected people, and the interaction among different cultures. Cultural ecology is discusse...

Environmental Pollution

The aim of this course is to provide you with a basic understanding of environmental pollution. The course gives insight about the structure of the environment and the different ways in which pollutants can change its composition with regards to h...

Fabric-Formed Concrete Structures

Using simple construction methods with the use of flat sheets of fabric as formwork molds for reinforced concrete construction, CAST (Centre for Architectural Structures and Technology) produces new architectural and structural forms. This course ...

Sustainable Lighting Design: Daylighting

This webinar will introduce key concepts in the use of daylighting within exterior covered structures and within the design of vertical hardscape. The term daylighting, typically applied to use within buildings, describes a concept of the use of d...

Biodiversity: Importance, Values, Problem, and Solutions

The objective of this course to give an overview of biodiversity in today’s context, highlight its importance and why we need to conserve it. The course will give insight into various definitions of biodiversity, definitions of species, as well as...

Avian Migration

The Migration course delves into deep detail on bird migration. A basic introduction on bird anatomy and physiology introduces the learner to the ecology and behavioral forces that drive birds to migrate. The mechanics, physiology and great feats ...

Thermal Comfort

This webinar will provide and introduction to concept of thermal comfort and its application in modern sustainable design. Participants will gain an understanding of the factors influencing thermal comfort, the various thermal comfort models, and ...

Case Study: Gardens by the Bay - Singapore

Gardens by the Bay, Singapore’s latest park that spans 101 hectares of reclaimed land adjacent to Marina Bay Reservoir, is an integral part of the city’s long-term plan to transform itself from a “Garden City” to a “City in a Garden.” Consisting o...

Transit Oriented Development for Smart Cities

This webinar discusses the challenges, processes, and issues with building sustainable cities in general. Case studies in the United States are presented. The methods and solutions used in these projects are presented and can be applied to the de...

Climate Change Impacts on Migratory Ungulates in Wyoming

Biodiversity as a Metric of Ecosystem Resilience to Climate Change

Shifting diversity patterns and species turnover are fundamental concerns about how climate change will influence desert ecosystems. Scientists, managers, and-policy makers are searching for metrics to assist in the prediction of ecosystem respons...

Designing Sustainable Desert Community

This webinar highlights Dr. Michael Ben-Eli's Project Wadi Attir in the Negev Desert. This groundbreaking infrastructure on a 100-acre desert land showcases the five core principles of sustainability: material domain, economic domain, domain of li...

Climate Change Effects on Fisheries in the Great Lakes

This webinar, presented by the USGS National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center's as part of their Climate Change Science and Management Webinar Series, discusses the effects of climate change on fish production as well as fish habitat in ...

Development of Environmental Flow Decision Support Systems for Water Management: A Case Study on the Regulated Upper Delaware River

The need for better integration of science and decision making in environmental management is widely documented. In light of anticipated climate change and associated changes in demographics, land use, and water management practices, decision make...

Energy Efficient Infrastructure for More Resilient Local Economies

How can we create a whole energy efficient system through district energy systems, combined heat and power, microgrids, and local energy supplies?The district energy systems are composed of a network of pipes that utilize thermal energy systems, w...

The Basics of Designing for Desert Soils

What is different with desert soils than forest soils? Much of what we are traditionally taught about soil is based on an ideal forest soil, but the aspects of desert soils behave differently, and it is critical to understand the differences to ef...

Climate Change in the Pacific Northwest

The effects of climate change have become increasingly alarming over the past decade, what with the previous wildfires in various forests including the Pacific Northwest. This presentation discusses what solutions have already been set in motion t...

Permaculture Beyond Landscape: Care of People, Care of Planet, Benevolent Distribution of Surplus

Permaculture is the path in which we can leave this planet in better shape then when we came onto the planet. The founding concepts are care of people, care of planet, and benevolent distribution of surplus. This webinar discusses what permacult...

The Challenge of the Suburban Office Landscape: Understanding the Past to Re-envision the Future

This presentation centers on the historic low-density, single-use, and auto-dependent office parks that house many of California’s most dynamic business enterprises. Here, we will discuss the challenges often met while transforming the suburban of...

Lighting Design and Human Behavior

Lighting design plays a great role in how people perceive and react to outdoor spaces. This webinar will provide an overview of the psychological and physiological aspects of light, social responses to light and the relationship of light to health...

Gila River Flow Needs Assessment

This course describes the existing condition of the Gila River in the Cliff-Gila Valley and examines the potential impacts of CUFA diversion and climate change on the riparian and aquatic ecosystem. Scientists who have expertise in some aspect of ...

Hydrology Case Studies using Hydrographic Data

What is Ecological Drought?

Water and Waste Management

This course will provide and introduction to technologies employed in modern sustainable building projects around the world. Participants will gain an understanding of technology options available to building design and construction practitioners ...

Sustainable Building Technologies

This webinar will provide an introduction to technologies employed in modern sustainable building projects around the world. Participants will gain an understanding of technology options available to building design and construction practitioners,...

Plant Success: Minimizing the Impact of Salts and Other Chemicals in the Landscape

This webinar discusses how Landscape Architects can use best practices around chemical applications, their impacts, and when to call in experts, as well as how to make some basic decisions when you are building, maintaining, and working on landsca...

Hydrology Research and Assessment in the Southeastern U.S.

Phosphorous, Nitrogen, Carbon

Urban Woodland Restoration: Design & Nature's Habitat

Central Park is the hallmark of Landscape Architecture. This webinar is a design discussion of Central Park with Olmsted's own words. The webinar explores how the habitat of Central Park's North Woods is both complimented and challenged by its sur...

Tools to Plan for Hazard Resilience and Climate Change

The Environmental and Economic Benefits of Trees in Urban Environments

Urban trees are an essential element of the green infrastructure of our cities. However, it can often be difficult to articulate and quantify the environmental benefits that urban trees provide. This webinar will provide an overview of the benefit...

Biochar: An Emerging Tool for Improving the Health and Survivability of Urban Trees

What is Biochar? How is Biochar made? What has the research shown? Where has this been used before in some case studies? What type of challenges exist with the use of Biochar? All of these questions will be answered in this webinar. There will b...

Species Distribution

Irrigation Design: How to Use Proper Water Efficient Irrigation Design to Enhance Planting Survivability

This session will introduce participants to several ancient design practices by investigating agriculture; specifically the current Permaculture movement, and the indigenous practices it draws from. Participants will explore the design principles ...

Bike and Pedestrian Issues in Transportation Planning

Transportation Planning is one of the key processes in urban development, where decision makers and other members of the team face huge challenges due to changing times, trends, and pedestrian behaviors. This course focuses on the link between b...

Floating Options - Creative Adoptions for Cities

Cleveland Public Square: Use of Design to Revitalize a Downtown Through Connecting People to the Place and Each Other

Cleveland Square provides an opportunity to revitalize the cities downtown and connect people and create a new placemaking space. James Corner speaks about his designs for remodeling Cleveland's Public Square as a 21st century, multi-use public s...

Case Study: Green School- Bali

This webinar will provide an overview of the Green School constructed in Bali in 2008. Participants will gain an understanding of the sustainability design features incorporated into the project, as well the use of bamboo as a primary constructio...

Retrofitting Our Streets to Increase Access to Parks, Schools and Destinations

ASLA Award Winner: Underpass Park- 2022

Art in the Landscape: Socially and Ecologically Engaged Practice in Action- 2022