Foundations of Online Learning

Issued by Fitchburg State University

Earners of this badge demonstrate comprehensive knowledge and skills in designing, facilitating, and enhancing effective online learning experiences. Earners can identify key features and activities of a successful online course, apply adult learning theory to design engaging online experiences, create assessments to measure student learning, explore ways to foster collaborative learning communities and utilize diverse media and technologies.

Type Certification
Level Foundational
Time Hours
Cost Free

Skills

Earning Criteria

This course has been designed to provide you with a comprehensive understanding of the foundational concepts that make an online learning experience successful. Self-paced, asynchronous, and modular, each module contains a discreet lesson that can be completed in 10-15 minutes; making the learning experience manageable and easy to start, stop, and restart at a later time. In each module, you explore the lesson content and check your knowledge through quizzes.