21st Century Learning

Online technologies, social media and open education have made learning ubiquitous, with tools that provide new ways for engagement, communication and collaboration. These tools are revolutionising education, with support for learning available anywhere, at any time.

This Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) will introduce you to 21st century learning tools and practices. You will examine how they can facilitate learning and teaching, and evaluate your own digital literacies, create your own personal learning environment, find open educational resources, explore virtual worlds and more!

If you want to complete all the activities, you will need 2-3 hours per week. This MOOC has 6 lessons. Every lesson is divided into units, which have a recommended study time of approximately 30 minutes each. You can do additional readings and activities to expand upon some of the topics.

Lesson 1 - Introduction and Digital Literacy
Lesson 2 - Overview of Learning Technologies
Lesson 3 - Open Education
Lesson 4 - Social Media
Lesson 5 - Virtual Worlds and Augmented Reality
Lesson 6 - Future Scenarios