Please check the boxes below for each activity you complete -- Confirm you’ve participated in the Core content webinars (whether you’ve attended these live, or watched the recording afterwards), studied the course content, and engaged with any of the Community activities.
We will update and add instructions and information to the programme activities below, so be sure to check this study schedule regularly for updates.
Core content
The following activities must be completed to qualify for the free certificate:
Webinar 1
(Monday, 13 July, 14:00-16:00 UTC)
All times are given in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Please convert this and check what time this is in your location.
Webinar rooms will open 15 minutes ahead of the scheduled start time to allow participants to join, register and ensure their connection and settings are working well.
Webinars will be held using Zoom.
Zoom link: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAtduCtrDsoG9chfJLmooBELaIOWupssyzL
Meeting ID: 940 1952 0213
Password: 5W4T8U
The recording of the webinar is now available at the following link so that those who want can review and those who missed it can engage and catch up: https://youtu.be/ThD4pDIVTJU
The presentation from webinar 1 is also now available for download below.
Please mark this activity as complete here, once you have either attended the webinar live, or viewed the webinar video.Study: Take your teaching online, Week 1
Use this link to access the course: Take your teaching online, Week 1
You will need to enrol on the course to study it.
Please complete Week 1 this week, and mark this here when complete.Community activity
The following activities are supplementary and provide additional opportunities to engage and expand your learning:
Local study groups and facilitation via WhatsApp
Next week, you will be invited to join a WhatsApp group through which we will provide some course facilitation and discussion. Participation in these groups will purely be to discuss the course and learning content.
In the mean time, participants may want to self-organise locally facilitated study groups. Study groups provide the opportunity for support, enriching discussions and to explore how the learning might be relevant in your own context or institution. In light of current social distancing guidelines we encourage participants to explore how WhatsApp or other platforms can be used effectively to form these local study groups and facilitate these discussions.
Tick the box here if you have helped to organise and facilitate or participated in a local study group.Our Journey: learning logging and mapping
The Our journey tool provides an interactive way to record and map your learning experiences while you are on this programme.
Use the link above to access the tool, create an account and follow the instructions to start to log your learning journey and share this with colleagues.
Tick the box here if you choose to use the Our journey tool to log your learning. We will be interested to hear more about your experience and your recomendations for others.
Overview
This course looks at how university heads of department, lecturers, educators, and professional and technical team members can develop good quality online courses in any subject area.
The course centres around the OpenLearn course Take your teaching online, which was developed by the Institute of Educational Technology at The Open University, UK. It includes innovative webinars and supplementary activities facilitated by:
Dr Tim Coughlan, Lecturer in the Institute of Educational Technology at The Open University, UK
Dr Ephraim Mhlanga, ACDE Quality Assurance Programme Specialist at the South African Institute for Distance Education (Saide)
What you will learn
Teaching online is different. If you work in education or training, 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. This programme will give you essential understanding to support quality online teaching, and also allow you to experience and consider some of the approaches developed by The Open University, UK.
You’ll explore the principles of online learning, and learn about instructional design, educational technology, assessment and quality enhancement.
Who the programme is for
This programme is for all educators, lecturers, instructional designers, technical team members and heads of departments using online learning in any subject area.
Free certificate
You can earn a free Statement of Participation by completing all the Core content activities in the study schedule. These include:
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completing the online course Take your teaching online, and
- engaging with at least two Core content webinars.
How to get started
Click on the 'Course content' tab above to access the study schedule, engage with the activities and record your progress towards your free certificate.