Get started with online learning

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Get started with online learning provided by OpenLearn is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 6 hours worth of material. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from OpenLearn. The course is taught in Englishand is Free Certificate. Visit the course page at OpenLearn for detailed price information.

Overview
  • This course will explain how you can study online without putting the rest of your life on hold.

Syllabus
    • Week1Week 1: Being an online learner
    • Introduction
    • 1.1 Living online
    • 1.1.1 What do you do online?
    • 1.1.2 From going online to learning online
    • Your online learning experiences
    • 1.1.3 The informal–formal spectrum
    • 1.2 The elements of online study
    • 1.2.1 Online teaching materials
    • 1.2.2 Online assessment
    • 1.2.3 Nothing to be scared of
    • 1.2.4 Your study motivations
    • 1.3 Online study skills
    • 1.3.1 Finding and interrogating historical data
    • 1.3.2 Search for yourself
    • Summary of Week 1
    • References
    • Acknowledgements
    • Week2Week 2: Studying online
    • Introduction
    • 2.1 O’ Fortuna: can you survive Early Modern Europe?
    • 2.1.1 [email protected]
    • 2.1.2 The OpenScience Laboratory
    • 2.1.3 The flame test results
    • 2.1.4 What did you think?
    • 2.2 Who do you work with online?
    • 2.2.1 Managing your own study
    • 2.2.2 Your study community
    • 2.2.3 Your personal tutor
    • 2.3 Moving onto formal study
    • 2.3.1 Using what you’ve learned
    • 2.3.2 Making hard choices
    • 2.3.3 Planning your next steps
    • 2.3.4 Developing an action plan
    • 2.3.5 Becoming an online student
    • End-of-course summary
    • References
    • Acknowledgements