Course contact details
Student Recruitment Team
Email:general-enquiries@open.ac.uk
Phone:0300 303 5303
Open University
Student Recruitment Team
PO Box 197
Milton Keynes
MK7 6BJ
Build a strong understanding of online and blended teaching with this postgraduate certificate. You'll explore the theory and practice of digital education through content created by experts from The Open University's Institute of Educational Technology, pioneers in the design and delivery of digital teaching, learning and assessment. You’ll gain experience of a range of learning technologies, explore the processes of designing, implementing and critiquing e-learning and study ways in which new media and cutting-edge educational technologies can be used effectively and equitably across multiple sectors to engage diverse learners and meet their needs. This postgraduate certificate is available worldwide.
Key features of the course
Deepens your understanding of online teaching, learning and assessment, and learning that blends face-to-face and distance education
Designed to meet the needs of practitioners using new technologies in their professional context
Encourages you to link your studies with your own practice throughout
Relevant for non-practitioners with an interest in online learning
Progress from this Postgraduate Certificate in Online Teaching to our MA in Online Teaching
To gain this qualification, you’ll study one 60-credit module.
You’ll explore the theory and practice of technology-enhanced learning, gaining experience of a range of learning technologies while examining how e-learning is designed, implemented and critiqued.
You must be prepared to study at postgraduate level. This usually means holding a bachelors degree - whether from a UK university or from one outside the UK - or its equivalent.
All teaching is in English, and your proficiency in the language needs to be adequate for postgraduate study and for contributing to online discussions by text and voice. If English is not your first language, we strongly recommend that you make sure you can achieve a score of at least seven in the International English Language Testing System (IELTS). To assess your English Language skills in relation to your proposed studies, you can visit the IELTS website.
Although experience of distance education may be an advantage, it is not essential.
No fee information has been provided for this course
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website.
As fees for individual modules can vary, the total cost you pay for your qualification depends on the modules you choose to study. For further information about fees, please refer to the course description on The Open University website.
Email:general-enquiries@open.ac.uk
Phone:0300 303 5303
Student Recruitment Team
PO Box 197
Milton Keynes
MK7 6BJ
At Open University