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Online learning has emerged rapidly and is now found in every area of education, from schools to skills training. More students and learners than ever learn through online courses. Even where teaching is primarily ‘face to face’, online tools and interactions have become a key part of the learning experience. 

But teaching online is different. If you work in education or training at any level, you need to develop new skills and understanding in order to make the right decisions, make the most of the opportunities, and overcome common challenges.

Skills for Prosperity: Online Education has been developed as a part of the Skills for Prosperity, Kenya (SFPK) programme by The Open University in collaboration with Kenya Ministry of Education - State Department for University Education and Research, and Leonard Cheshire. SFPK is funded by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO).

This course is designed for three groups: educators, collaborators/support staff and leaders. In this course, you will be introduced to online education, hear about the experiences of real educators and learn about principles of effective, inclusive and accessible online education. You will also learn useful methods that will enable you to test these new ideas in your own practice.

To study this course click on the red ‘View this course now’ button at the bottom of this page, or on the ‘Course content’ tab above.

There are two digital badges for this course (for Part 1 and Part 2) which will be issued to you when you complete the required quizzes.

There is a Certificate of Completion (not a Statement of Participation) which will become available once you complete all the course criteria which count towards the certificate.