1 Overview of the course

Learning outcomes

After studying this course, you should be able to:

  • appreciate and feel confident in designing, structuring and producing an open online course
  • recognise examples of good online course design, social learning and assessment
  • understand the appropriate use of rich media to teach online and its associated licensing
  • find and reuse existing free materials in a course
  • identify suitable platforms for publishing a course
  • optimise a course for search engines.