Welcome to the UK Aid SPHEIR programme Transformation by Innovation in Distance Education (TIDE) collection of online course for higher education students.
TIDE is a four year project (2018-2021) led by The Open University in the United Kingdom which aims to improve the quality of higher education in Myanmar at a critical time in the country’s development. You can read more about the TIDE project at https://www.spheir.org.uk/partnership-profiles/transformation-innovation-distance-education.
One part of the work of TIDE is to help support the introduction of online courses into the distance education programmes offered in Myanmar. To do so we need to understand what are the skills and capabilities of prospective and current students and also their views about online study. This site has been set up with three free online courses taken from The Open University that cover some basic skills and capabilities that we believe students taking online course will need to have, although do note they are UK centric in part and have not been customized for students in Myanmar:
We want current higher education students in Myanmar to study one or more of these courses and complete both the start-of-course and end-of-course surveys associated with them. This feedback will help the TIDE partners support universities in Myanmar in transforming their distance education programmes as they begin to develop online courses.
To study one or more of these courses you need to create an account on this site which you can learn how to do by watching this video. Most of all we hope you find the courses themselves both interesting and helpful to yourselves.
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Open University under Creative Commons - NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 International
Am I ready to study English?
Even if you feel confident using English in everyday situations, studying in English at higher education level might present extra challenges. This free course, Am I ready to study in English?, provides an opportunity for you to reflect on your English language skills through a series of academic exercises.
Course
5 hrs
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Open University under Creative Commons - NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 International
Am I ready to be a distance learner?
Distance learning can open up opportunities for study. You might have not studied for a while, you might be returning to education, or you might not have had the chance to study at a higher level before. This free course, Am I ready to be a distance learner?, will help to boost your confidence. You'll explore useful skills so you can discover how ready you are to study and how to develop your study skills in six steps to become a successful distance learner.
Course
3 hrs
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Beatriz de los Arcos under Creative Commons - NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 International
Digital skills, digital learning
This course helps participants take stock of and improve their digital skills, and understand how to learn effectively in a Massive Open Online Course, or MOOC. It is aimed at society in general and requires 12 hours of study time.Click on 'Continue' below to enrol, track your progress and receive a Statement of Participation.
Course
12 hrs