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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.
Microcredentials
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:
- HZFM881 Online Teaching: Creating Courses for Adult Learners
- HZFM882 Online Teaching: Evaluating and Improving Courses
- HZFM883 Teacher Development: Embedding Mental Health in the Curriculum
- HZFM884 Online Teaching: Accessibility and Inclusive Learning
- HZFM885 Online Teaching: Embedding Social, Race and Gender-Related Equity
- HZFM889 Online Teaching: Addressing the Climate Emergency (start date to be announced)
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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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.
