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IET has pioneered in developing some of the first microcredentials to be offered by the OU.

Delivered on the FutureLearn platform, these 15 credit postgraduate 12 week-long courses are designed to offer knowledge and skills development in areas of most value to today’s online educators, including educators who have taken their teaching online due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Our current microcredentials are:

Each microcredential presents three times a year, in February, June and October. Other microcredentials are planned and are likely to include courses on augmented reality, learning analytics and online education for climate change.

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OU's mental health microcredential responds to gap in curriculum

IET have launched Teacher Development: Embedding Mental Health in the Curriculum to support educators embed mental health in their curriculum.

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New OU microcredential supports inclusion in online learning

Supporting the design and delivery of accessible and inclusive online courses.

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Online Teaching: How to take your course online

Our microcredential Online Teaching: Evaluating and Improving Courses has been developed for educators to swiftly move their courses online.

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Online Teaching: The value of engagement in online learning

Our new bite-size microcredential has been developed to evaluate teaching and improve virtual learning experiences.

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Online Teaching: Creating courses for adult learners

Our new microcredential has been developed to support educators create online courses for adult learners.

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OU's new microcredential to embed mental health in teaching

Our new short course has been designed to help educators safeguard mental health in their teaching.

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