at Institute of Education, University of London

This is the online course in Online Education & Training, from the Institute of Education, University of London, run globally as a forum for rich structured collaborative learning with UK and world-wide educators.

They use various multimedia materials and platforms to consider different methods of teaching and syllabus design, closely tied to educational needs of the campus as well as distance use. This gives a real insight into the needs of e-learning provision from the student point of view.

The course deals with general issues of teaching online including social networking, with regular practical tasks, and has a choice of optional topics on using the internet to enhance internet teaching. These are expected to include
* online discourse and moderating
* computer-based assessment
* mobile technologies
* real-time teaching by phone, text, video-conferencing, or SecondLife
* blogging and podcasting
The next start is 9th March 2009. We suggest you register as soon as possible.

The course carries 30 UK credits towards either a masters or a diploma and can be taken by 10 weeks distance study online.

The fee is £654, which can be paid by bank transfer, credit card or instalments. A cheaper auditor registration is also available if you do not need the credits.

More information about the course is at the
website: http://www.ioe.ac.uk/english/OET.htm