Online Teaching - Creating Courses for Adult Learners Microcredential

Overview

Get the skills to teach adults online and at a distance.

Many institutions have had to rush to put their teaching online, at an unprecedented scale. Student assessment has also been affected, with many exams cancelled and others moved online, creating uncertainty for all involved.

Regardless of when the pandemic ends, this ‘online pivot’ in education is likely to become permanent as more and more learning opportunities move online. Knowing how to create engaging online courses for adults will be a key skill moving forward, now that distance and online learning are used so widely.

On this Online Teaching - Creating Courses for Adult Learners Microcredential at The Open University by FutureLearn , you’ll discover how adults learn online – and at a distance – drawing on key theories. You’ll evaluate technologies for supporting online and distance learning in specific contexts, drawing on a range of experiences and research to learn how to design engaging and inspiring online courses successfully.

What skills will you learn?

• Designing online learning activities

• Designing online assessment

• Supporting diverse learners online

• Teaching online

• Selecting learning technologies

• Evaluating research evidence

• Developing persuasive arguments

• Designing online courses