Teaching online courses: programme

The course is structured around four main learning activities, each taking about a week.

Week 1: Promoting individual learning online.

A series of short tasks which guide you through the technical and social skills you will need to participate effectively in the course. We will introduce ourselves in a variety of different ways and design online icebreakers for others.

Week 2: Online collaboration.

The second week moves the focus from the individual to the group. Now the cohort is divided into smaller groups to complete a collaborative task. Participants will have the opportunity to take on different roles as the groups research key topics in online learning.

Week 3: Assessing online collaboration.

The third week starts with time to give and receive feedback on the group work from week 2. We will also discuss current practices for assessing online learning.

Week 4: Supporting online learners.

Building on our experiences throughout this course, we finish by examining the roles of the online tutor in supporting learners in different, and perhaps difficult, situations which occur in online courses. We then introduce inventories or guides to good practice and participants will individually compile their own inventory.